Table 2. Resistance genes in MRSA, MSSA and in isolates from different diagnoses.

	MRSA isolates		MSSA isolates		Carriage isolates		Blood culture isolates			SSTI isolates
	N =	% =	N =	% =	N =	% =	N =	% =	P (BSI vs. carriage)	N =	% =	P (SSTI vs. carriage)
mecA	97	100.0	0	0.0	17	34.0	26	34.2	1.00	33	54.1	0.04
SCC mec I	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.00	0	0.0	1.00
SCC mec II	2	2.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.00	0	0.0	1.00
SCC mec III	22	22.7	0	0.0	0	0.0	7	9.2	0.04	4	6.6	0.13
SCC mec IV	72	74.2	0	0.0	17	34.0	18	23.7	0.23	29	47.5	0.18
SCC mec V	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	1.3	1.00	0	0.0	1.00
merA/B	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.00	0	0.0	1.00
blaZ/I/R	97	100.0	98	88.3	45	90.0	72	94.7	0.48	57	93.4	0.73
erm (A)	24	24.7	4	3.6	1	2.0	10	13.2	0.05	4	6.6	0.38
erm (B)	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.00	0	0.0	1.00
erm (C)	41	42.3	18	16.2	17	34.0	16	21.1	0.15	19	31.2	0.84
msr (A)	24	24.7	3	2.7	6	12.0	5	6.6	0.34	16	26.2	0.09
mpbBM	24	24.7	3	2.7	6	12.0	5	6.6	0.34	16	26.2	0.09
aacA-aphD	25	25.8	3	2.7	4	8.0	7	9.2	1.00	7	11.5	0.75
aadD	3	3.1	1	0.9	1	2.0	1	1.3	1.00	0	0.0	0.45
aphA3	69	71.1	15	13.5	20	40.0	21	27.6	0.18	35	57.4	0.09
sat	69	71.1	15	13.5	20	40.0	21	27.6	0.18	35	57.4	0.09
dfrA	1	1.0	1	0.9	0	0.0	1	1.3	1.00	1	1.6	1.00
far1	4	4.1	0	0.0	0	0.0	3	4.0	0.28	1	1.6	1.00
fusC	0	0.0	2	1.8	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.00	2	3.3	0.50
mupR	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.00	0	0.0	1.00
tet (K)	44	45.4	25	22.5	16	32.0	21	27.6	0.69	24	39.3	0.44
tet (M)	23	23.7	2	1.8	0	0.0	8	10.5	0.02	6	9.8	0.03
cat	1	1.0	1	0.9	0	0.0	1	1.3	1.00	1	1.6	1.00
cfr	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.00	0	0.0	1.00
qacA	5	5.2	0	0.0	3	6.0	0	0.0	0.06	2	3.3	0.66
qacC	1	1.0	1	0.9	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.00	2	3.3	0.50
vanA	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1.00	0	0.0	1.00