Table 3.
Genetic determinants of FA resistance in MRSA isolates
| Clonal complex | Strain description | Spa types | FA resistance determinants |
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| fusA | fusB | fusC | total | |||
| CC1 | CC1-MRSA-V + SCCfus [PVL+] | t127 | 5 | 5 | ||
| CC1-MRSA-IV + SCCfus | t127 | 1 | 1 | |||
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| CC5 | CC5-MRSA-VI + SCCfus | t688 | 1 | 24 | 25 | |
| CC5-MRSA-V + SCCfus | t3235 | 1 | 1 | |||
| CC5-MRSA-VI + SCCfus | t2235 | 2 | 2 | |||
| CC5-MRSA-V + SCCfus | t311 | 13 | 13 | |||
| CC5-MRSA-V-[sed/j] | t954 | 1 | 1 | |||
| CC5-MRSA-V + SCCfus | t442 | 1 | 1 | |||
| CC5-MRSA-VI + SCCfus | t535 | 3 | 3 | |||
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| CC8 | ST239-MRSA-III + SCCmer | t860 | 8 | 8 | ||
| ST239-MRSA-III + SCCmer | t945 | 2 | 2 | |||
| CC8-MRSA-IV [PVL+] | t008 | 1 | 1 | |||
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| CC15 | CC15-MRSA-V + SCCfus | t084 | 4 | 4 | ||
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| CC22 | CC22-MRSA-IV [fnbB; sec/I | t311 | 1 | 1 | ||
| C22-MRSA-IV [tst1] | t1612 | 1 | 1 | |||
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| CC30 | CC30-MRSA-VI + fus[PVL+] | t018 | 2 | 2 | ||
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| CC45 | CC45-MRSA-VI + fus | t362 | 4 | 4 | ||
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| CC80 | CC80-MRSA-IV [PVL+] | t044 | 4 | 4 | ||
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| CC88 | CC88-MRSA-IV | t690 | 1 | 1 | ||
| CC88-MRSA-IV[etA+] | t786 | 2 | 2 | |||
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| CC97 | CC97-MRSA-V[fusC] | t2297 | 2 | 2 | ||
| CC97-MRSA-V[fusC] | t359 | 2 | 2 | |||
| CC97-MRSA-V[fusC] | t267 | 3 | 3 | |||
| CC97-MRSA-V[fusC] | nd | 4 | 4 | |||
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| CC152 | CC152-MRSA-[V/VT+ PVL+) | t353 | 1 | 1 | ||
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| CC361 | CC361-MRSA-V/VT+ fus | t3841 | 3 | 3 | ||
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| Total | 14 | 4 | 79 | 97 | ||
MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; FA, fusidic acid; nd, not determined.