Table 3.
Molecular characteristics of 131 methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from pediatric patients stratified by pulsotypes
| Characteristics | BA | AX | F | BW | AK | D | S | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. isolates (n = 131) |
24 (18.3%) | 22 (16.8%) | 19 (14.5%) | 14 (10.7%) | 10 (7.6%) | 9 (6.9%) | 7 (5.3%) | 26 (19.8%) |
| CA (n = 94) | 18 (19.1%) | 12 (12.8%) | 17 (18.1%) | 10 (10.6%) | 9 (9.8%) | 5 (5.3%) | 6 (6.4%) | 17 (18.1%) |
| HA (n = 37) | 6 (16.2%) | 10 (27.4%) | 2 (5.4%) | 4 (10.8%) | 1 (2.7%) | 4 (10.8%) | 1 (2.7%) | 9 (24.3%) |
| p-value | 0.696 | 0.049 | 0.064 | 0.977 | 0.182 | 0.263 | 0.399 | 0.420 |
| PVL-positive (n = 11) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Sequence type | 7(4/6), 8(1/6), 6(1/6) | 188(5/5) | 15(6/6) | nontypeable (3/3) | 508 (3/5), 3563 (1/5), 3375 (1/5) | 59 (2/2) | 5 (2/2) | 1281 (2), nontypeable (2), 1, 8, 12, 30, 59, 182, 398, 573, 623, 834, 1301 |
| spa type | t091(2/9), t008(1/9), t701(1/9), t1943(1/9), t3071(1/9), t3864(1/9), t3992(1/9), t16261(1/9) | t189(9/9) | t084 (4/9), t7200(2/9), t346(1/9), t3024(1/9), t16565(1/9) | nontypeable (2/2) | t015 (2/6), t116 (2/6), t073 (1/6), t16564 (1/6) | t437(2/3), t1950(1/3) | t002 (2/3), nontypeable (1/3) | nontypeable (2), t008, t012, t164, t213, t364, t437, t1250, t1379, t2182, t3406, t8940, t16297, t16298 |
PVL Panton-Valentine leucocidin genes