Table 2.
Characteristics of the 81 MRSAa ST398 isolates detected in the 140 pig farmers (PF) from the 83 farms tested
| spa types of isolates | Number of isolates | Number of positive farms/ | % of resistance for non-beta-lactam antibioticsb | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| number of positive PFs | TET | ERY | CLI | CIP | GEN | TOB | SXT | ||
| t011 | 55 | 13/55 | 100 | 90.9 | 100 | 34.5 | 27.2 | 18.1 | 25.4 |
| t1456 | 3 | 3/3 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| t1451 | 6 | 6/6 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 33.3 | 16.6 |
| t108 | 5 | 4/5 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 60 | 0 | 20 | 60 |
| t943 | 1 | 1/1 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| t1197 | 4 | 3/4 | 100 | 75 | 100 | 100 | 25 | 25 | 75 |
| t034 | 5 | 4/5 | 100 | 80 | 100 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 40 |
| t2346 | 2 | 2/2 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
aAll MRSA isolates showed susceptibility to vancomycin, daptomycin, linezolid, mupirocin and rifampicin
bAntimicrobials: TET, tetracycline; ERY, erythromycin; CLI, clindamycin; GEN, gentamicin; CIP, ciprofloxacin; SXT, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; TOB: tobramycin