Table 1.

SCCmec types and Oxacillin MIC values for staphylococcal isolates

Species	No	SCCmec types	Oxacillin MICs (mg/L) (there were no isolates with MICs within 4-32 mg/L range)
			0.12- 0.25	0.5	1	2	64	128
S. hominis	9	I	3
		VI			1
		N/T	5
S. aureus	4	IV				3a
		VI					1
S. warneri	4	I	1
		IV			1
		N/T	2
S. epidermidis	4	I		1
		VI					1	1
		N/T					1
S. haemolyticus	3	I	2
		VI		1
S. simulans	3	IV		1
		N/T	1					1
S. saprophyticus	1	I	1
S. equorum	1	VI					1
S. arlettae	1	IV				1
S. condimeniti	1	VI	1
S. cohnii	1	N/T		1

MIC breakpoint for staphylococci to oxacillin is 2 mg/L. MIC breakpoint for S.epidermidis to oxacillin is 1 mg/L [19, 20]

N/T non-typeable, No number of isolates

^a-3 EMRSA-15 strains were determined by IVh SCCmec carriage, MLST and spa typing (Table 3)