TABLE 4.
Resistance genes carried on Egyptian S. aureus and S. haemolyticus plasmids.
| Predicted phenotype | Resistance gene | Strains |
| Aminoglycoside resistance | aac(6′)-aph(2”) | AA69 |
| ant(6)-Ia | AA41 | |
| aph(3′)-III | AA41 | |
| Beta-lactam resistance | blaZ | AA1, AA2, AA3, AA4, AA6, AA8, AA17, AA30, AA35, AA36, AA41, AA45, AA51, AA53, AA59, AA65, AA68, AA69, AA70, AA78 |
| Fusidic acid resistance | fusB | AA2, AA3, AA4, AA45 |
| Lincosamide resistance | lnu(A) | AA42 |
| Macrolide resistance | erm(C) | AA1, AA1, AA13, AA17, AA29, AA35, AA53, AA63, AA63, AA64, AA65 |
| mph(C) | AA41, AA42 | |
| Macrolide, Lincosamide, and Streptogramin B resistance | msr(A) | AA41, AA42 |
| Phenicol resistance | cat(pC221) | AA29, AA35, AA35, AA35, AA53, AA57, AA63, AA64, AA64, AA64 |
| Tetracycline resistance | tet(K) | AA2, AA3, AA4, AA17, AA45 |
| tet(L) | AA1, AA51, AA59, AA65, AA68, AA69, AA78 |