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Prevalence of phenotypic zinc chloride resistance and czrC presence in isolates from humans with no swine contact and swine-associated isolates
| Characteristic | No. of isolates/total no. of isolates (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| MRSA ST5 from humans with no swine contact | LA-MRSA ST5 | LA-MRSA ST398 | |
| czrC prevalence | 16/73 (21.9)a | 0/82 (0) | 14/14 (100)a |
| Phenotypic zinc chloride resistance | 18/73 (24.7)a | 0/82 (0) | 14/14 (100)a |
Statistical significance (P < 0.0001), compared to LA-MRSA ST5.
