Prevalence and characterization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from healthy university student athletes

Table 2 Molecular characteristics of 32 MRSA isolates carried by winter/spring athletes at a Division I University

Isolate source				PFGE type^a	spatype		Multiplex typing PCR^b
Sport^c	Participant #	Week	Sampling site^d			ccr-mec	SCCmecType	Toxin gene profile
WR	35	5	I	USA700	n/d	2-B	IVb	eta, lukFS-PV
WR	41	6	I	USA700	n/d	2-B	IVb	eta, lukFS-PV
WR	41	10	I	USA700	n/d	2-B	IVb	eta, lukFS-PV
WR	47	3	A	Unknown^e	t216	2-B	Undetermined^f	seb, sed, etb, tst, lukFS-PV
WR	52	5	I	USA500	txAA	2-B	IVb	sea, see, eta, lukFS-PV
WR	52	6	I	USA700	n/d	2-B	IVb	eta
WR	55	2	N	USA300	t008	2-B	IVd	none detected
WR	55	3	N	USA300	t008	2-B	IV	lukFS-PV
WR	55	3	A	USA300	t008	2-B	IVa	etb, tst, lukFS-PV
WR	55	5	N	USA300	t008	2-B	IV	lukFS-PV
WR	55	7	I	USA300	t008	2-B	IV	sec, etb, tst, lukFS-PV
WR	55	7	N	USA300	t008	2-B	Undetermined^f	eta, lukFS-PV
WR	55	8	N	USA300	n/d	2-B	IV	etb, tst, lukFS-PV
WR	55	8	I	USA300	t008	2-B	IV	etb, tst, lukFS-PV
WR	57	1	N	USA400	t128	2-B	IVa	sea, see
WR	57	3	N	USA400	t128	2-B	IVa	seb, sec, sed, see, etb, tst, lukFS-PV
WR	57	5	N	USA400	n/d	2-B	IVa	seb, sec, see, etb, tst, lukFS-PV
WR	57	8	N	USA400	t128	2-B	IVa	eta, lukFS-PV
WR	57	9	N	USA400	n/d	2-B	IVa	seb, see, eta
WR	57	12	N	USA400	n/d	2-B	IVa	seb, see, lukFS-PV
WR	65	12	N	USA800	t088	2-B	Undetermined^f	tst
WR	81	6	N	USA800	t002	2-B	Undetermined^f	lukFS-PV
SB	86	1	I	USA400	t008	2-B	IVa	sea, see, eta, lukFS-PV
SB	90	1	N	USA800	n/d	2-B	IVd	etb, lukFS-PV
SB	90	5	I	USA800	t002	2-B	Undetermined^f	etb, lukFS-PV
SB	90	5	N	USA800	t128	2-B	Undetermined^f	lukFS-PV
SB	90	7	N	USA800	n/d	2-B	IVd	eta, lukFS-PV
SB	90	8	N	USA800	t002	2-B	IVa	lukFS-PV
BSB	108	5	A	USA300	txAB	2-B	IV	etb, lukFS-PV
BSB	108	11	I	USA300	t334	2-B	IVd	lukFS-PV
BSB	111	1	I	USA300	t008	2-B	IVa	sec, etb, tst, lukFS-PV
WBB	234	1	I	USA400	n/d	2-B	IVa	seb, see, eta

^aPFGE patterns were assigned as described [23].
^bMultiplex PCR for SCCmec and ccr typing was carried out as described [25], and for toxin gene identification [26].
^cWR: Wrestling, SB: Softball, BSB: Baseball, WBB: Women’s Basketball.
^dSampling site: I, inguinal; A, axillary; N, nasal.
^eUnknown PFGE pattern; MLST was identified as ST951.
^fFailed to specifically subtype using primers for SCCmec I-IV.

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