TABLE 2.

Summary of molecular characteristics of the false-negative and false positive isolates, with results from the A07/C01 PCR assay and sau1-hsdS1 PCR assay^a

Isolate	Presence of mecA	spa type	Presence of PVL gene	Antimicrobial agent(s) to which isolate was sensitive	MLST	A07/C01 PCR result	sau1-hsdS1 PCR result
83	+	t571	−	OXA, TET	ST398	−	+
142	+	t002	+	OXA, ERY, LVX, CLI (intermed.)	ST105	+	+
303	−	t505	−	None	ST45	+	+
309	−	t337	−	TET, CLI, ERY	ST9	+	+
389	−	t571	−	GEN, ERY, CLI, TET, SXT, LVX	ST398	−	+
390	−	t571	−	GEN, ERY, CLI, TET, LVX	ST398	−	+
392	−	t922	−	None	ST1	+	−
393	−	t922	−	None	ST1	+	−
437	−	t045	−	TET, SXT	ST5	+	+

^aPVL, Panton-Valentine leukocidin; OXA, oxacillin; TET, tetracycline; ERY, erythromycin; LVX, levofloxacin; CLI (intermed.), intermediate clindamycin; CLI, clindamycin; GEN, gentamycin; SXT, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.