TABLE 3.
Distribution of genes associated with larger plasmids in the isolates.
| Associated plasmids | Origin | Gene | Clinical (%) | Commensal (%) |
| pSE-12228-05, pWBG753 | S. epidermidis S. aureus | Tn552 | 72.4 | 6.5 |
| pSE-12228-05, pWBG753 | S. epidermidis S. aureus | blaR1 | 91.9 | 43.5 |
| pSE-12228-05 | S. epidermidis | Penicillinase repressor | 94.3 | 45.7 |
| pWBG753 | S. aureus | blaZ | 91.9 | 43.5 |
| VRSAp | S. aureus | aacA-aphD | 85.3 | 4.3 |
| VRSAp | S. aureus | qacA/B | 69.1 | 73.9 |
| VRSAp | S. aureus | qacR | 67.5 | 76.1 |
| pWBG753 | S. aureus | tetK | 26 | 8.7 |
| SAP099B, pLEW6932 | S. aureus, Staphylococcus sp. | cadC | 17.1 | 17.4 |
| SAP099B, pLEW6932 | S. aureus, Staphylococcus sp. | arsR | 4.1 | 63 |