Table 3.
Characteristics of the MRSA isolates from clinical samples in different hospitals (N = 24)
| Source | Hospital | Ward | Antibiotic resistance pattern | MSCRAMMs | SCCmec type | Clonal Complex | STd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood | SBa | Emergency | T*, E, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, TS, FOX | eno, cna, fib, fnbB | II | 8 | 239 |
| Burn wound | IMKb | Skin | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, TS, FOX | eno, cna, fib, fnbB | III | 8 | 861 |
| IMK | Skin | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, FOX | eno, cna, fib | III | 7 | 239 | |
| IMK | Skin | E, CIP, GEN, CZ, FOX | eno | V | 8 | 8 | |
| IMK | Skin | T, CIP, LZD, FOX | eno, ebp, fib, fnbB | V | 398 | 291 | |
| IMK | Skin | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, TS, FOX | eno, fib | V | 59 | 59 | |
| IMK | Skin | FOX | eno, cna | V | 59 | 59 | |
| IMK | Skin | T, FOX | _ | II | 398 | 291 | |
| IMK | Skin | T, FOX | _ | II | 22 | 22 | |
| IMK | Skin | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, FOX | eno, cna, ebp, fib | II | 8 | 239 | |
| IMK | Skin | T, CZ, TS, FOX | eno | V | 8 | 1465 | |
| IMK | Skin | T, TS, FOX | eno | V | 22 | 22 | |
| IMK | Skin | E, FOX | eno,cna, ebp, fib | V | 1 | 772 | |
| IMK | Skin | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, TS, FOX | eno | V | 22 | 22 | |
| IMK | Skin | E, FOX | eno, ebp, fib | V | 5 | 6 | |
| IMK | Skin | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, TS, FOX | eno, fib | V | 8 | 1465 | |
| Eye infection | SB | Emergency | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, TS, FOX | eno | II | 8 | 889 |
| Amin | Emergency | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, FOX | fib | III | 8 | 239 | |
| Amin | Emergency | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, FOX | _ | V | 8 | 1465 | |
| Amin | Emergency | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, FOX | fib | V | 59 | 59 | |
| Amin | Emergency | T, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, FOX | _ | V | 22 | 22 | |
| SB | Emergency | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, CZ, FOX | eno | V | 398 | 291 | |
| Brain abscess | AZc | ICU | T, E, CIP, GEN, CD, FOX | eno, ebp, fib, fnbB | V | 8 | 343 |
| Respiratory infection | AZ | ICU | E, FOX | fib | V | 22 | 22 |
aImam Musa Kazem hospital; bShahid Beheshti; cAl Zahra; dSequence type
*CIP ciprofloxacin, CD clindamycin, CZ cefazolin, E erythromycin, FOX cefoxitin, GEN gentamicin, LZD linezolid, T tetracycline, TS trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole