Table 3.
The phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the 25 methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates from nares and clinical samples
| Isolate number | Ward | Source | Antibiotic resistance pattern | MSCRAMMs and biofilm genes | Toxin genes | SCCmec types | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urgency | blood | FOX, CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | icaD, icaA, ebpS, eno, fib, cna | hla, sed | III | 639 |
| 2 | ICU | trachea | FOX, CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | ica D, fib, ebpS, icaA, cna, eno | sea, seb, sed, hla, pvl | III | 343 |
| 3 | Surgery Room | wound | FOX, T | ica D, fib, cna, eno | hla, sea | III | 859 |
| 4 | Urgency | urgency | FOX, E | ica D, fib, ebpS, icaA, cna, eno | sea, hla, pvl | IV | 6 |
| 5 | Surgery | Nasal health care worker | FOX, T | fib, fnbB, icaA, eno | sec, hla | II | 859 |
| 6 | Surgery | Nasal Patient | FOX, CIP, T, RP, GM | ica D, fib, cna,eno | hla, pvl | III | 239 |
| 7 | ICU | Nasal Patient | FOX, CIP, E, CD | ica D, fib, ebpS, cna, eno | sea, hla, pvl | I | 6 |
| 8 | Urgency | blood | FOX, CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | ica D, fib, ebpS, icaA, cna, eno | sea, sed, hla, pvl | III | |
| 9 | Internal Medicine | trachea | FOX, CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | ica D, fib, fnbB, ebpS, icaA, cna, eno | sea, sed, hla, pvl | III | |
| 10 | Urgency | wound | FOX,CIP, E, CD, TS, T, RP, GM | ica D, fib, ebpS, icaA, cna, eno | sea, sed, hla, pvl | III | |
| 11 | Internal Medicine | wound | FOX,CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | ica D, fib, fnbB, ebpS, icaA, cna, eno | sea, hla, pvl | III | |
| 12 | ICU | trachea | FOX,CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | ica D, fib, icaA, cna,eno | sea, sec, sed, hla | III | |
| 13 | Urgency | wound | FOX,CIP, E, CD, TS, T, GM | ica D, fib, icaA, cna,eno | sea, sec, sed, hla, pvl | III | |
| 14 | Internal Medicine | trachea | FOX, CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | icaD, fib, cna, eno | sed, hla | III | |
| 15 | Surgery | wound | FOX, CIP, E, CD, TS, T, RP, GM | ica D, fib, ebpS, icaA, cna, eno | sea, sec, sed, hla | III | |
| 16 | ICU | Nasal health care worker | FOX | icaA, cna, eno | sea, hla | III | |
| 17 | ICU | Nasal Patient | FOX,CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | fib, eno | hla, tst | III | |
| 18 | ICU | Nasal Patient | FOX, CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | ica D, fib, fnbB, icaA, cna, eno | hla, tst | III | |
| 19 | ICU | Nasal Personnel | FOX, CIP, E, CD, T, RP, | fib, icaA, eno | hla, pvl, tst | III | |
| 20 | Surgery | Nasal Patient | FOX, CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | ica D, cna, eno | hla | III | |
| 21 | Surgery | Nasal Patient | FOX,CIP, E, CD,TS, GM | cna, eno | sea, sec, hla | III | |
| 22 | Surgery | Nasal Patient | FOX, CIP, E, CD, TS, T, GM | fib, ebpS, icaA, eno | see, hla, tst | III | |
| 23 | Surgery | Nasal Patient | FOX,CIP, E, CD, T | fib, ebpS, icaA, eno, icaD, | hla | III | |
| 24 | Surgery | Nasal Patient | FOX,CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | icaD, icaA, cna, eno | sea, hla | III | |
| 25 | Surgery | Nasal Patient | FOX,CIP, E, CD, T, RP, GM | icaA, eno | seb, hla | III |