Skip to main content
. 2015 Aug 9;61:143–147. doi: 10.1007/s12223-015-0419-6

Table 1.

Distribution of resistance genes ermA, ermB, ermC, msrA and linA among S. hominis clinical strains

Resistance genotype No. of isolates No. of isolates with phenotype
MLSB—inducible MLSB—constitutive MSB
ermB 1 1 0 0
ermC 9 9 0 0
msrA 4 0 0 4
ermA+ ermB 3 3 0 0
ermA+ ermB+ ermC 2 2 0 0
ermB+ msrA 2 2 0 0
ermC+ msrA 2 2 0 0
ermA+ lnu(A) 1 0 1 0
ermB+ lnu(A) 2 0 2 0
ermC+ lnu(A) 10 5 5 0
ermA+ ermB+ lnu(A) 2 1 1 0
ermB+ ermC+ lnu(A) 1 1 0 0
ermB+ msrA+ lnu(A) 1 1 0 0
ermC+ msrA+ lnu(A) 1 1 0 0
No gene 14 0 0 0
Total 55 28 9 4