Table 2.

Spa type, antimicrobial-resistance pattern of S. aureus isolates in cats from which more than one S. aureus strain was isolated.

Category	Nr	Characteristics of the cat			Anatomical location of sampling
					Skin			Nares			Conjunctival sacs			Anus
		Breed	Age (mth)	Sex	S. aureus	Spa type	Oxacillin MIC	S. aureus	Spa type	Oxacillin MIC	S. aureus	Spa type	Oxacillin MIC	S. aureus	Spa type	Oxacillin MIC
Multiple feline	1	Crossbreed	10	M	MSSA	t008	0.25	MSSA	t008	0.125	MSSA	t8420	0.125
	2	Crossbreed	3	M	MRSA	t002	>256	MRSA	t002	0.19	MRSA	t854	0.125
					MSSA	t159	0.094
	3	Crossbreed	48	M	MSSA	t002	0.125				MRSA	t10367	0.125	MSSA	t304	0.38
	4	Crossbreed	54	F	MSSA	t13008	0.094				MSSA	t1171	0.094
	5	Crossbreed	72	F	MSSA	t775	0.047				MSSA	t9428	0.25
	6	Exotic	156	M							MSSA	t13654	0.25	MSSA	t223	0.094
Cat breed	1	Persian	84	F	MSSA	t4474	0.047	MSSA	t4474	0.064	MRSA	t4474	0.064	MRSA	t091	0.19
	2	Persian	4	F	MSSA	t091	0.094	MSSA	t091	0.094	MSSA	t091	0.047
	3	Persian	3	M	MSSA	t091	0.38	MSSA	t091	0.19	MSSA	t091	0.19
	4	Devon Rex	3	M	MSSA	t091	0.75	MSSA	t091	0.19				MSSA	t091	0.19
	5	Persian	24	F				MRSA	t4474	0.75	MSSA	t4474	0.064
	6	Persian	84	F				MSSA	t7568	0.19	MSSA	t091	0.125
	7	Devon Rex	3	M				MSSA	t091	0.38				MSSA	t091	0.047
Single feline	1	Crossbreed	36	F	MRSA	t8420	0.125	MSSA	t8420	0.047	MSSA	t8420	0.094
	2	Maine Coon	72	F	MSSA	t425	0.19	BORSA	t298	6
	3	Crossbreed	24	F				MSSA	t008	0.25	MSSA	t008	0.19
	4	Crossbreed	12	F				MRSA	t002	0.25	MRSA	t002	0.125
	5	Crossbreed	8	M				MRSA	t008	0.19	MRSA	t005	0.38
								MSSA	t005	0.25
	6	Crossbreed	5	M				MRSA	t521	0.094	MRSA	t7482	0.19
	7	Crossbreed	12	M				MSSA	t11455	0.25	MSSA	t700	0.25

M: male; F: female.

MSSA: methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; and BORSA: borderline oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.