Table 1.
Characteristics of the MRSA and MSSA strains isolated from wild rodents in Portugal.
| Isolate | Host Species | Antimicrobial Resistance | Virulence Factors | Molecular Typing | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phenotype | Genotype | IEC System | Other Genes | ST (CC) | spa | agr | SCCmec | ||
| VS2808 | Rattus rattus | PEN, FOX | mecC, blaZ-SCCmecXI | Type E | - | 1945 (130) | t1535 | III | XI |
| VS2809 | Rattus rattus | PEN, FOX | mecC, blaZ-SCCmecXI | Type E | - | 1945 (130) | t1535 | III | XI |
| VS2810 | Rattus norvegicus | PEN, FOX | mecC, blaZ-SCCmecXI | Type E | - | 1945 (130) | t1535 | III | XI |
| VS2811 | Rattus rattus | PEN, FOX, CIP, ERY | mecA, blaZ | - | hlb, hld | 22 (22) | t747 | I | N.T. |
| VS2812 | Rattus rattus | PEN, FOX, CIP, CN, KAN, ERY, CD | mecA, blaZ, aph(3′)-IIIa, ermA | Type A | hlb, hld | 36 (30) | t018 | I | N.T. |
| VS2813 | Rattus rattus | PEN, FOX, CIP | mecA, blaZ | - | hlb, hld | 22 (22) | t747 | I | N.T. |
| VS2814 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 1094 | t516 | I | - |
| VS2815 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 1094 | t516 | I | - |
| VS2816 | Rattus norvegicus | PEN | blaZ | - | hlb, hld | 1094 | t516 | I | - |
| VS2817 | Rattus rattus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 1094 | t516 | I | - |
| VS2818 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 1094 | t516 | I | - |
| VS2819 | Rattus rattus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 1094 | t516 | I | - |
| VS2820 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 1094 | t516 | I | - |
| VS2821 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 130 | t843 | III | - |
| VS2822 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 130 | t843 | III | - |
| VS2823 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 130 | t843 | III | - |
| VS2824 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | scn | hld | 130 | t843 | III | - |
| VS2825 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 130 | t843 | III | - |
| VS2826 | Rattus rattus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 130 | t3256 | III | - |
| VS2827 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | - | 130 | t3256 | N.T. | - |
| VS2828 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 1245 | t843 | III | - |
| VS2829 | Rattus rattus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 1245 | t843 | III | - |
| VS2830 | Rattus norvegicus | PEN | blaZ | - | hld | 398 | t1451 | I | - |
| VS2831 | Rattus norvegicus | PEN | blaZ | - | hld | 398 | t1451 | I | - |
| VS2832 | Rattus norvegicus | PEN | blaZ | - | hld | 398 | t1451 | I | - |
| VS2833 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hld | 398 | t571 | I | - |
| VS2834 | Rattus rattus | Susceptible | - | Type C | hld | 5926 | t1451 | N.T. | - |
| VS2835 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | Type C | hld | 5926 | t1451 | I | - |
| VS2836 | Rattus norvegicus | PEN | blaZ | Type E | hlb, hld | 1318 | t2078 | I | - |
| VS2837 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hld | 8 (8) | t4608 | I | - |
| VS2838 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 8 (8) | t19688 | I | - |
| VS2839 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 8 (8) | t4608 | I | - |
| VS2840 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 6574 | t1535 | III | - |
| VS2841 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 6574 | t1535 | N.T. | - |
| VS2842 | Rattus norvegicus | PEN | blaZ | - | hlb, hld | 34 (30) | t414 | N.T. | - |
| VS2843 | Rattus rattus | Susceptible | - | - | hld | 6 (5) | t16615 | I | - |
| VS2844 | Rattus rattus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 5926 | t1451 | N.T. | - |
| VS2845 | Rattus norvegicus | Susceptible | - | - | hlb, hld | 1290 (1) | t131 | I | - |
Abbreviations. PEN: penicillin, FOX: cefoxitin, CIP: ciprofloxacin, ERY: erythromycin, CN: gentamicin, KAN: kanamycin, CD: clindamycin, N.T. not typeable.