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Table 2 Distribution of the ten MRSA strains in details

From: Molecular epidemiology and virulence characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in medical laboratory staff: comparison between microbiological and non-microbiological laboratories

Strain No.

Hospital

Department

Age/Gender

spa type

SCCmec

Resistance pattern

Virulence pattern

1

A

NMLS

22/Female

t008

IVa

DA

sea/tsst-1/hemolysis α/γ/δ/icaD/pvl

2

A

NMLS

20/Female

t437

IVa

–

sea/seb/she/tsst-1/hemolysis α/γ/δ/icaD/pvl

3

A

NMLS

23/Female

t701

IVd

DA/E /TE

sea/eta/hemolysis α/γ/δ/icaD/pvl

4

B

NMLS

34/Female

t571

IVa

DA/E/RD

seh/tsst-1/hemolysis α/γ/δ/icaD

5

B

NMLS

29/Male

t441

I

DA/E /TE

seb/tsst-1/hemolysis α/β/γ/δ/icaD/ pvl

6

ZE

NMLS

33/Female

t437

IVa

DA/E

seb/seh/tsst-1/hemolysis α/β/γ/δ/icaD

7

ZE

NMLS

32/Female

t037

III

DA/E/RD

sea/seh/tsst-1/hemolysis α/β/γ/δ/icaD

8

P

NMLS

53/Male

t437

IVa

DA/E /C

seb/seh/tsst-1/hemolysis α/β/γ/δ/icaD

9

Z

MLS

32/Female

t437

IVa

DA/E /TE

seb/seh/tsst-1/hemolysis α/β/γ/δ/icaD/pvl

10

ZD

MLS

50/Male

t548

IVd

DA/E/ C/TE

sed/seg/seh/sei/sej/sen/seo/sem/tsst-1/hemolysis α/γ/δ/icaD

  1. MLS, microbiological lab staff; NMLS, non-microbiological lab staff; −,not detected; DA,clindamycin; TE,tetracycline; E,erythromycin; RD, rifampin; C,chloramphenicol; Sea~seo, gene encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins; hla~hlg, gene encoding α-haemolysin~γ- hemolysin; tsst-1, gene encoding toxic shock syndrome toxin 1; pvl, gene encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin; icaD, gene relative with the bio-film formation