Table 4.
Resistance element, spa type and virulence gene profile patterns of MRSA carriage isolates
| spa type | Isolate no. | SCCmec type | Presence (+) or absence (−) of gene | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pvl | haemolysin | tst | seb | seg | sei | sen | Sem | seo | |||
| t223 | 3 | IV† | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| T223 | 1 | IV† | − | + | + | − | + | + | − | − | − |
| T223 | 1 | IV† | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | + |
| T044 | 2 | IV c | + | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − |
| T9519 | 25 | IV e | − | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | + |
| T9519 | 1 | IV e | − | + | + | + | − | + | − | + | + |
| T9519 | 1 | IV e | − | + | + | − | − | + | − | − | + |
| NT* | 2 | IV e | − | + | + | + | − | + | − | − | + |
| NT* | 1 | IV e | − | + | + | + | + | + | + | − | + |
*
Unable to identify the spa type.
†
Untypable by Milheirico et al. [18].