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Table 3 Properties of plasmids isolated from MRSA isolates

From: Antibacterial resistance and their genetic location in MRSA isolated in Kuwait hospitals, 1994-2004

S/N

Plasmids

Size, kb

Resistance phenotype

Transfer Mode*

EcoRI Restriction pattern

1

pXU01

27.1

Cd,Hg,Pi,Eb

M

10.4, 6.4, 4.1, 2.6, 2.3, 1.3

2

pXU02

27.1

Cd,Hg,Pi,Eb

M

10.4, 6.4, 4.1, 2.6, 2.3, 1.3

3

pXU04

27.1

Cd,Hg,Pi,Eb

M

10.4, 6.4, 4.1, 2.6, 2.3, 1.3

4

pXU08

27.6

Cd,Hg,Pi,Eb

M

11.5, 6.4, 3.5, 2.6, 2.3, 1.3

5

pXU09

27.6

Cd, Hg,Pi,Eb

M

11.5, 6.4, 3.5, 2.6, 2.3, 1.3

6

pXU12

31.5

mupH

C

7.8, 6.6, 6.1,4.9, 2.7, 1.8, 1.6

7

pXU16

38.0

mupH

C, M

ND

8

pXU17

38.0

mupH

C,M

ND

9

pXU03

2.8

Cm

M

ND

10

pXU11

3.5

Cm

M

ND

11

pXU14

4.4

Cm

M, C

ND

12

pXU07

2.8

Em

M

ND

13

pXU13

3.0

Em

M

ND

  1. Abbreviations: Cd, cadmium acetate, Cm, Chloramphenicol, Eb, ethidium bromide, Em, erythromycin, Hg, mercuric chloride, Pi, propamidine isethionate, mupH, high-level mupirocin, ND, not done.
  2. *, M, mixed culture transfer; C, conjugation.