Table 2.
Identification by multiplex PCR (mPCR) and whole genome sequencing (WGS) of the staphylococcal chromosome cassette mec (SCCmec) present in the 68 mecA PCR-positive staphylococci.
| Country | Host Species | Staphylococcus Species | SCCmec Type | Not Typeable | TOTAL mecA+ Isolates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| II | III | IV | V | VII | |||||
| Belgium | Cow | aureus | 6 | 13 (2 1) | 4 | 3 | 26 | ||
| epidermidis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| haemolyticus | 1 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Boar | aureus | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Horse | aureus | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Human | aureus | 1 | 22 (4) | 2 | 25 | ||||
| capitis | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| epidermidis | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| Fomites | aureus | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Japan | Dog | aureus | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Cat | aureus | 3 (1) | 1 (1) | 4 | |||||
| Total | 10 (1) | 2 | 41 (7) | 11 | 3 | 1 | 68 | ||
1 Numbers of isolates whose SCCmec could not be identified by multiplex PCR, but well by WGS; 2 no SCCmec could be identified in this S. haemolyticus by either multiplex PCR or by WGS.