Table 4.

Prevalence of antibiotic resistance genes and phenotype among clinically collected ST6 strains.

Antibiotics	Resistance gene	No. (%) of isolates with the specific antimicrobial resistance genes and phenotypes
		ORSL (n=18)		OSSL (n=50)
		Resistance phenotype	Resistance gene	Resistance phenotype	Resistance gene
Gentamicin	ant(6')-Ia	16 (88.9)	17 (94.4)	4 (8)	1 (2)
	aph(3')-III		17 (94.4)		8 (16)
	aac(6')-aph(2")		18 (100)		18 (36)
	ant(9)-Ia		17 (94.4)		1 (2)
Fusidic acid	fusB	4 (22.2)*	5 (27.8)	15 (30)*	16 (32)
Clindamycin	ermA	18 (100)	18 (100)	16 (32)	1 (2)
Erythromycin	ermA	18 (100)	18 (100)	15 (30)	1 (2)

^*No significant difference between oxacillin-resistant Staphylococcus lugdunensis (ORSL) and OSSL (p=0.53).