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Table 4 Molecular typing and characteristics of four MRSA isolates

From: Differences in Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage and molecular characteristics among community residents and healthcare workers at Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Southern China

CC

MLST

SCCmec

PFGE profile

pvl

sea

seb

Resistance profile

Source

Department

Gender

Age, years

CC8

ST8

III

D

−

−

+

ERY,CLI,TCY,GEN

South Campus

Female

17

CC121

ST120

III

T

−

+

+

ERY,CLI,TCY

Operating room

Female

34

CC10

ST10

III

G

−

−

−

ERY,CLI

Operating room

Female

29

CC59

ST59

IVa

C

−

−

+

ERY,CLI

Emergency department

Female

33

  1. CC, clonal complex; MLST, multilocus sequence typing; SCCmec, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; Pvl, Panton-Valentine leucocidin gene; sea, Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin A gene; seb, Staphylococcus aureus enterotoxin B gene; ERY, erythromycin; CLI, clindamycin; GEN, gentamycin; TCY, tetracycline
  2. −, negative; +, positive