Table 1.

Characteristics of S. aureus strains used in this study

	MIC (µg ml−1)†			Toxin profile‡
S. aureus strain*	Nafcillin	Linezoild	Tedizolid	PVL	TSST-1	HLA
FPR3757 (MRSA)	6.3	2.0	0.5	+	−	+
Strain 1560 (MRSA)	12.5	4.0	0.5	+	−	+
CDC 368-04 (MRSA)	12.5	4.0	0.5	−	+	+
04-002 (MSSA)	0.8	2.0	0.5	−	+	+

*S. aureus strains used in the present study.

†MIC for each antibiotic as determined by broth microdilution method (see Methods).

‡S. aureus toxins: PVL, Panton–Valentine leukocidin; TSST-1, toxic-shock syndrome toxin 1; HLA, alpha-haemolysin; −, negative; +, positive.