The dissemination of ST80-SCCmec-IV community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone in Kuwait hospitals

Table 2 Characteristics of ST80 CA-MRSA isolates.

				*Virulence-associated genes (# of positives)*
# of isolates	PFGE	SCC *mec*	Antibiogram	PVL	SE	*tst*
4	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd	+ (2)	sei,(2) sed (2)-	-
2	Ib	IV	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd	-	sei (1), sed (1), seg (1)	-
1	Id	IV	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd	+	-	-
2	Ie	IV	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd	+	-	-
3	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Cip	+ (2)	sei (2), sed (1)	-
2	Ie	IV	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Cip	+ (2)	sei (2), sed (2)	-
1	I	Iva	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Cip, Gen	+	sei, seg ,	-
4	Ib	IV	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Mup	+	seg (4)	-
1	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Tp	+	seg	-
1	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Erm	+	sei	-
1	Ie	IV	Cd, Kan, Tet, Fd, Gen	-	seg	-
2	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Fd, Erm, Cip	+ (1)	sei (1), seg (1)	-
1	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Fd, Erm, Cip, Chl	-	sed	-
1	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Fd, Cip	-	sei	-
1	Ib	IV	Cd, Kan, Fd, Cip	+	sei, seg	-
1	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Fd, Gen	+	seg	-
1	Ib	IV	Cd, Kan, Fd, Gen	-	-	-
1	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Fd	+	sei	-
1	Ib	IV	Cd, Kan, Fd	+	sei,, sed	+
3	I	IV	Cd, Kan	+ (3)	sei,(2) sed (2)	-
1	Ia	IV	Cd, Kan	+	sei	-
1	Ie	IV	Cd, Kan, Erm, Tet	-	-	-
1	Ie	IV	Cd, Kan, Erm, Cip	-	sei, sed	-
2	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Erm, Cip	+ (1)	Sei (1), seg (1)	-
1	Ia	IV	Cd, Kan, Erm, Cip, Chl	+	-	-
1	I	IV	Cd, Kan, Cip, Tp, Gen	+	sei	-
7	I	IV	Cd	+	sei (2), sed (1), seg (1)
1	Ie	IV	Cd	+	-	-
2	Ib	IV	Cd	-	sei (2),, seg (2), sec(1)	-
3	I	IV	Cd, Erm	+	sei (3), seg (2), Sed (1)	-
1	I	IV	Cd, Fd	+	-	-
2	I	IV	Cd, Tet	+	Sei (1), seg(2)	-
1	Ic	IV	Cd, Tet, Fd, Chl, Tp, Cip, Erm	-	sei, sed, seg	-
1	I	IV	Erm, Cip	+	sei, seb, seg	-
1	Ie	IVc	Kan, Tet, Fd	+	-	-
1	Ie	IV	Kan, Tet, Fd	+	sei, sed	-
1	Ib	IV	Kan	+	sei, sed	-
2	Ie	IV	Kan	+ (2)	sei (1), sed(1)	-
1	Ie	IV	Kan, Erm	+	-	-
1	Ie	IV	Tet	-	sei, sed, sea	-
1	Id	IV	-	+	sea	-
1	I	IV	-	+	sei	+
1	Ie	IV	-	-	-	-

Abbreviations:Cd, cadmium acetate; Cip, ciprofloxacin; Chl. chloramphenicol; Erm, erythromycin; Fd, fusidic acid; Gen, gentamicin; Kan, kanamycin; Tet, tetracycline; Tp, trimethoprim.

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