Table 1.
Characteristics of 51 lukSF-PV+ MRSA isolates
| Infection type, isolate (n) | CA/HA | Molecular characteristic | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isoform of PVL | SCCmec type | PFGE type | MLST type | CC | ||
| Pneumonia (16) | ||||||
| PVL74 | CA | H2 | III | A1 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL130 | HA | H1 | III | F2 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL161 | CA | H2 | NT | K | ST188 | CC1 |
| PVL211 | HA | H1 | III | E1 | ST22 | CC22 |
| PVL212 | HA | H2 | IVa | G1 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL214 | HA | H2 | III | E1 | ST22 | CC22 |
| PVL217 | HA | H2 | III | G3 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL219 | HA | H2 | III | D2 | ST338 | CC59 |
| PVL220 | HA | H2 | III | D3 | ST338 | CC59 |
| PVL222 | HA | H2 | II | M | ST149 | CC5 |
| PVL226 | HA | H2 | IVa | G2 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL239 | HA | H2 | III | E2 | ST22 | CC22 |
| PVL244 | HA | H2 | NT | W | ST88 | CC88 |
| PVL254 | HA | H2 | III | B1 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL255 | HA | H2 | II | P | ST149 | CC5 |
| PVL256 | CA | H1 | III | B1 | ST59 | CC59 |
| Skin and soft tissue infection (19) | ||||||
| PVL8 | CA | H2 | III | B3 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL16 | CA | H2 | III | H1 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL34 | CA | H2 | IVa | S | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL51 | CA | H2 | III | B3 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL60 | CA | H2 | IVa | H2 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL65 | CA | H2 | IVa | T | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL79 | CA | H2 | IVa | A3 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL104 | CA | R2 | NT | X | ST88 | CC88 |
| PVL108 | CA | H2 | III | F1 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL145 | CA | H2 | III | F1 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL148 | HA | H2 | IVb | O | ST9 | CC9 |
| PVL150 | CA | R2 | V | J | ST25 | CC5 |
| PVL170 | HA | H2 | III | A2 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL195 | CA | H2 | III | N | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL203 | CA | H1 | IVa | Z | ST1 | CC1 |
| PVL205 | HA | H2 | III | E1 | ST22 | CC22 |
| PVL209 | HA | H1 | IVa | C1 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL210 | CA | H2 | III | C3 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL233 | CA | H2 | III | Q | ST30 | CC30 |
| Surgical site infection (5) | ||||||
| PVL7 | CA | H2 | V | V | ST1 | CC1 |
| PVL82 | HA | H2 | III | A1 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL236 | HA | H2 | III | C4 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL237 | CA | H2 | III | C2 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL242 | CA | H1 | III | D1 | ST338 | CC59 |
| Other infections (11) | ||||||
| PVL40 | CA | R1 | IVa | R | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL69 | HA | H2 | III | L | ST217 | CC22 |
| PVL186 | CA | H2 | IVa | A4 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL202 | CA | H2 | IVa | Y | ST88 | CC88 |
| PVL204 | CA | H2 | III | C3 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL206 | CA | R2 | IVa | U | ST25 | CC5 |
| PVL218 | HA | R2 | IVa | I1 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL221 | CA | H2 | III | D1 | ST338 | CC59 |
| PVL238 | CA | H2 | IVa | I2 | ST59 | CC59 |
| PVL246 | CA | H2 | IVa | D4 | ST338 | CC59 |
| PVL253 | HA | H2 | III | B2 | ST59 | CC59 |
CA, Community-acquired isolate; HA, hospital-acquired isolate; MLST, multilocus sequence typing; NT, nontypeable; PFGE, pulsed-field gelelectrophoresis; SCCmec, staphyloccoccal cassette chromosome mec element; ST, sequence type.