Table 3. Brief information on four patients who were co-colonized with two nasal S. aureus strains.
No. | Sex | Age | Strain One | Strain Two | Note |
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Patient 1 | m | 40 | t091-ST7 | t030-ST239-SCCmec III | Both strains were MUPHi |
Patient 2 | m | 39 | t037-ST239-SCCmec III | t632-ST239-SCCmec III | Both strains were multi-drug resistant (MDR) |
Patient 3 | m | 21 | NT-ST96 | t437-ST59-SCCmec V | Strain Two carried seb and pvl |
Patient 4 | m | 20 | t163-ST59 | t616-ST182 | Strain One carried seb; Strain Two carried sei |
Abbreviations: m, male; ST, sequence type; MUPHi, high-level mupirocin resistance.