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. 2014 Feb 25;9(2):e89716. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089716

Table 1. Origins and characteristics of 29 multi-drug resistant (MDR) Staphylococcus aureus isolated from healthcare institutions in Ghana, 2010–2012.

	ID	Hospital^a	Infection^b	CC	ST	spa type	SCCmec	PVL	Antibiotype^c
MRSA	5016	KB	SSTI	CC1	ST72	t537	V	−	Fox, Pen, Tet
	744	KB	Blood	CC8	ST2021	t024	V	−	Fox, Pen, Tet
	2244	KB	Blood	CC8	ST239	t037	III	−	Fox, Pen,Tet, Fuc, Gen, Cli, Ery,
	3464	KB	Blood	CC8	ST8	t121	IV	+	Fox, Pen, Nor, Cli, Ery
	2207	KB	SSTI	CC8	ST250	t928	I	−	Fox, Pen, Tet, Gen, Nor, Cli, Ery
	2224	KB	SSTI	CC8	ST250	t928	I	−	Fox, Pen, Tet, Gen, Nor, Cli, Ery
	44	SGH	Unknown	CC88	ST88	t186	IV	−	Fox, Pen, Tet
	AU81	SGH	SSTI	CC88	ST88	t186	IV	−	Fox, Pen, Tet
	11087	KB	UTI	CC152	ST789	t547	IV	+	Fox, Pen, Tet, Nor
MSSA	2639	KB	Blood	CC1	ST1	t7835	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Cli, Ery
	AU93	SGH	SSTI	CC1	ST1	t559	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Fuc
	A6	KB	Unknown	CC5	ST5	t311	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Fuc
	5095	KB	SSTI	CC5	ST5	t071	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Gen, TMS, Fuc, Nor, Cli, Ery
	T2845	TTH	SSTI	CC8	ST8	t451	NA	+	Pen, Tet, TMS
	1455	KB	SSTI	CC9	ST9	t2700	NA	−	Pen, Gen, Cli, Ery
	1050	KB	Blood	CC15	ST15	t084	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Gen
	2320	KB	Blood	CC45	ST508	t635	NA	−	Pen, Cli, Ery
	1548	KB	SSTI	CC88	ST88	t10809	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Nor, Cli, Ery
	5270	KB	SSTI	CC88	ST88	t10810	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Nor, Cli, Ery
	NAB	KB	SSTI	CC121	ST121	t213	NA	_	Pen, Tet, Fuc
	3209	KB	Blood	CC121	ST121	t091	NA	_	Pen, Tet, Nor, Gen, Cli, Ery
	2437	KB	Blood	CC121	ST121	t091	NA	_	Pen, Tet, Nor
	5293	KB	Blood	CC121	ST121	t314	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Nor
	5775	KB	Blood	CC121	ST121	t314	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Nor
	3984	KB	SSTI	CC152	ST152	t1299	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Cli, Ery
	1544	KB	SSTI	CC152	ST152	t355	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Cli, Ery
	4836	KB	SSTI	CC152	ST152	t355	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Cli, Ery
	112242	MH	SSTI	CC152	ST152	t355	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Ery
	A71	SGH	Blood	CC152	ST152	t355	NA	+	Pen, Tet, Fuc

ST: Sequence Type; CC: Clonal Complex; SCC: Staphylococcal Cassette Chromosome; PVL: Panton- Valentine leukocidin.

^a

KB: Korle bu Teaching Hospital; SGH: Sunyani Government Hospital; TTH: Tamale Teaching Hospital; MH: Military Hospital.

^b

SSTI: Skin and Soft Tissue Infection; UTI: Urinary Tract Infection; ^c TMS: trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole.

^c

Pen: penicillin; Fox: cefoxitin; Tet: tetracycline; Nor: norfloxacin; Gen: gentamicin; Fuc: Fucidic acid; Cli: clindamycin; Ery: erythromycin.