Table 2.
Characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from SQUH
| PFGE type | # | Antimicrobial-resistance pattern | SCCmec | Spa type | MLST | PVL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Cd, Hg, Eb | IV | t304 | ST6 | neg |
| 1 | Hg | IV | t304 | ST6 | neg | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg | IV | t304 | ST6 | neg | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Em, Clin | IV | t304 | ST6 | neg | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Fd | IV | t304 | ST6 | neg | |
| 1 | Hg, Em, Clin | IV | t304 | ST6 | neg | |
| 3 | Hg, Eb | IV | t304 | ST6 | neg | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg | IV | t7966 | ST6 | neg | |
| 2 | 5 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Tet | IV | t690 | ST1295 | pos (4) |
| 2 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Tet, Em, Clin, | IV | t690 | ST1295 | pos (1) | |
| 3 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Tet, Cip | IV | t690 | ST1295 | pos (3) | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb | IV | t690 | ST1295 | pos | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Tet, Fd | IV | t690 | ST1295 | pos | |
| 3 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Gm, Km, Sm, Tet, Fd | IV | t044 | ST80 | neg |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Km, Sm, Tet, Em, Clin, Fd | IV | t044 | ST80 | pos | |
| 1 | Cd,Hg, Eb, Km, Sm, Tet, Fd | IV | t044 | ST80 | pos | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Tet, Em, Clin | IV | t8154 | ST450 | neg | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Km, Em, Clin | IV | t304 | ST6 | pos | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Km, Sm, Tet, Fd | IV | t304 | ST6 | pos | |
| 4 | 4 | Cd, Hg, Gm, Km, Em, Clin, Tp, Cip | V | t657 | ST772 | pos |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Gm, Km, Em, Clin, Tp, Cip | V | t657 | ST772 | pos | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Gm, Km, Em, Tp | V | t2085 | ST573 | pos | |
| 5 | 1 | Hg, Em, Clin, Tp, Cip, | IV | t852 | ST22 | pos |
| 1 | Hg, Eb, Em, Clin, Tp | IV | t852 | ST22 | pos | |
| 1 | Hg,Gm,Km,Em, Clin, Tp, Cip | IV | t852 | ST22 | pos | |
| 1 | Cd,Hg,Eb, Gm,Km, Tp, Cip | IV | t852 | ST22 | pos | |
| 6 | 1 | Hg, Eb, Fd, Em, Clin | IV | t002 | ST5 | pos |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb | IV | t002 | ST5 | pos | |
| 1 | Hg, Eb, Km, Sm, Em, Clin, Fd | II | t003 | ST5 | neg | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Tet | IV | t855 | ST628 | pos | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Tet, Tp, Em, Clin, Cip | IV | t442 | ST487 | neg | |
| 7 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb | IV | t021 | ST30 | neg |
| 3 | Cd, Hg, Eb | IV | t019 | ST30 | pos | |
| 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Tet, Tp, Fd | IV | t019 | ST30 | pos | |
| 8 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Tet | IV | t5686 | ST188 | neg |
| 9 | 2 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Km, Sm, Em, Clin, Cip | V | t315 | ST361 | neg |
| 10 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Tet, Cm | V | t688 | ST627 | neg |
| 11 | 1 | Cd,Hg, Eb | IV | t4447 | ST631 | neg |
| 12 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Em, Clin, Fd, Tp, Cip | III | t311 | ST5 | pos |
| 13 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Em, Clin, Fd | IV | t127 | ST1 | neg |
| 14 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Gm, Km, Em, Clin, Tet, Rf, Cip | III | t632 | ST239 | neg |
| 15 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Em, Clin, Tet, Tp, Cip | IV | t064 | ST8 | neg |
| 16 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Em, Clin, Fd | IV | t311 | ST1197 | pos |
| 17 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Km, Em, Clin, Cip | IV | t150 | ST585 | pos |
| 18 | 1 | Cd, Hg, Eb, Tet, Em, Clin | IV | t8213 | ST63 | pos |
| 19 | 1 | Hg, Eb, Tp | IV | t401 | ST1802 | neg |
Antimicrobials abbreviations:
Cd, cadmium acetete; Clin, clindamycin; Cip, ciprofloxacin; Cm, chloramphenicol; Eb, ethidium bromide; Fd, fusidic acid; Gm, gentaimicn; Hg, mecuric chloride; Km, kanamycin; Rf, rifampicin; Sm, streptomycin; Tet, tetracycline; Tp, trimethoprim; MLST, multilocus sequence typing; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; PVL, Panton -Valentine Leucocidin; SCCmec, staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec.