Table 3.
Characterization of MRSA and MSSA isolates from horses in Denmark.
| spa type | mecA/mecC | IEC | Associated ST/CC (ref) | No. positive horses | No. positive farms | Co-colonization with |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| t011 | mecA | + | ST398/CC398 (Nemeghaire et al., 2014) | 10 | 3 | MSSA t127b, t865, t15815 |
| t034 | mecA | − | ST398/CC398 (Crombé et al., 2012) | 4 | 2 | |
| − | – | ST398/CC398 (Crombé et al., 2012) | 2 | 1 | MSSA t127 | |
| t127 | − | − | ST1/CC1 (Battisti et al., 2010) | 11 | 10 | MRSA t528; MSSA t034, t549 |
| − | + | ST1/CC1 (Battisti et al., 2010) | 1 | 1 | MRSA t011 | |
| t528 | mecC | − | ST130/CC130 (Espinosa-Gongora et al., 2015) | 3 | 2 | MSSA t127 |
| t549 | − | − | ST1660c (Cuny et al., 2016) | 5 | 3 | MSSA t1508, t3043 |
| t701 | − | + | ST6/CC5 (Yan et al., 2012) | 1 | 1 | |
| t865 | − | − | Unknown | 1 | 1 | MRSA t011 |
| t1166 | − | − | ST133/CC133 (Gharsa et al., 2015) | 2 | 1 | |
| t1294 | − | − | Unknown | 3 | 3 | |
| t1508 | − | − | Unknown | 2 | 2 | MSSA t549, t3043 |
| t1943 | − | + | ST5 or ST130/CC5 or CC130 (Donker et al., 2009) | 1 | 1 | |
| t2420 | − | − | ST133/CC133 (Gómez et al., 2015) | 1 | 1 | |
| t3043 | − | − | ST1660c (Sieber et al., 2011) | 3 | 2 | MSSA t549, t1508 |
| t4735 | − | − | ST133/CC133a | 1 | 1 | |
| t5100 | − | − | ST1/CC1 (Seidl et al., 2015) | 1 | 1 | |
| t15815 | − | − | Unknown | 2 | 1 | MRSA t011 |
| t15816 | − | − | ST1660a,c | 2 | 1 | MSSA t1508 |
a
Based on clustering by BURP analysis.
b
IEC-positive.
c
Does not belong to a clonal complex.