Livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus responsible for human colonization and infection in an area of Italy with high density of pig farming

Table 1 Clinical informations, genotypic and phenotypic characteristics of MRSA responsible for human colonization and infections

Isolate	Patient gender	Patient age (years)	Type of infection	SCCmectype	*spa*type	ST	CC	PVL	ACME	Resistance pattern to non beta-lactam antibiotics^§
Colonization
Sau93	M	67	-	IVc	t899	398	398	-	-	ERY, CLI, SXT, TET
Sau95	F	77	-	IVa	t899	398	398	-	-	ERY, CLI, TET
Sau98	F	58	-	IVa	t899	398	398	-	-	TET
Sau91	M	40	-	V	t108	398	398	-	-	LVX ^#, TET
Sau99	M	20	-	V	t2922	398	398	-	-	ERY, CLI, SXT, TET
Sau96	F	61	-	IVc	t008	8	8	-	-	LVX, TET
Sau97	M	66	-	IVc	t008	8	8	-	-	GN, LVX
Sau92	M	71	-	IVc	t008	8	8	-	-	LVX
Sau94	F	17	-	V	t688	5	5	-	-	ERY, CLI*, TET
Infections
Sau150	M	18	SSTI	IVa	t008	8	8	+	+	LVX, ERY
Sau116	F	71	SSTI	IVa	t008	8	8	+	+	LVX, ERY
Sau161	F	27	SSTI	IVa	t008	8	8	+	+	LVX, ERY
Sau85	F	46	SSTI	IVa	t121	8	8	+	-	LVX, ERY
Sau86	F	35	SSTI	IVc	t005	22	22	+	-	ERY, CLI*
Sau149	M	0.8	SSTI	IVc	t044	80	80	+	-	FUS, TET
Sau151	F	2	SSTI	V	t127	1	1	+	-	GN, FUS, TET
Sau119	M	38	SSTI	V	t7445	772	1	+	-	GN, ERY, CLI* SXT,
Sau118	F	53	SSTI	IVc	t008	8	8	-	-	LVX ^#,
Sau73	F	70	SSTI	IVc	t008	8	8	-	-	LVX ^#, ERY, CLI*
Sau159	F	85	SSTI	IVc	t008	8	8	-	-	LVX
Sau163	F	53	SSTI	IVc	t008	8	8	-	-	GN, LVX, RIF
Sau84	M	67	SSTI	IVc	t008	8	8	-	-	LVX, TET
Sau121	F	83	BSI	IVc	t008	8	8	-	-	LVX
Sau82	F	84	SSTI	IVa	t127	1	1	-	-	LVX, ERY, CLI*
Sau83	F	9	SSTI	IVa	t127	1	1	-	-	ERY, CLI*, TET
Sau162	F	61	OE	IVa	t127	1	1	-	-	GN, ERY, CLI*, TET
Sau120	M	77	SSTI	IVh	t515	22	22	-	-	LVX ^#
Sau117	M	79	SSTI	I	t041	228	5	-	-	GN, LVX, ERY, CLI, RIF^#
Sau74	M	68	OE	IVc	t899	398	398	-	-	CLI, SXT, TET

SCCmec staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec, ST sequence type, CC clonal complex, PVL Panton-Valentine Leukocidin, ACME arginine catabolic mobile element.
^§ GEN gentamicin, ERY erythromycin, CLI clindamycin, LVX levofloxacin, FUS fusidic acid, TET tetracycline, SXT co-trimoxazole, RIF rifampicin, * inducible clindamycin resistance; ^# intermediate resistance.
SSTI skin and soft tissue infection, BSI bloodstream infection, OE otitis externa.

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