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Table 3 Characteristics of 18 S. aureus isolates containing lukS-lukF

From: The prevalence of antimicrobial resistance and carriage of virulence genes in Staphylococcus aureusisolated from food handlers in Kuwait City restaurants

Isolates

Source

Resistance pattern

agr class

cap type

SE genes

PFGE pattern

33N

Nose

Pc, Tc, Tp, Cd

III

8

sea, sei

A

78N

Nose

Mc, Pc, Km, Tc, Fd, Cd

III

8

ND

A

157N

Nose

Pc, Km, Sm

III

8

Seg

A

342N

Nose

Cd

III

8

Sei

A1

515N

Nose

Cd

III

8

ND

H

42N

Nose

Pc,

I

5

seb, seh, sei

B

46N

Nose

Pc, Sm

I

5

seh, sei

C

268N

Nose

Cd

I

8

ND

C

298N

Nose

Pc

I

5

seh

C

489N

Nose

Pc, Cd

I

5

seh, sei.

E

666N

Nose

Pc, Tc, Tp, Cd

I

5

sec, seg, sei.

G

9S

Stool

Pc, Tp, Fd

III

8

sea, seh, sei

A

10S

Stool

Pc, Tp

III

8

sea, seg, sei

A

58S

Stool

Pc, Tp, Cd

III

8

sea, sec, seg, sei

A

76S

Stool

None

III

8

Seb

D

4S

Hand

Cd

III

8

ND

F

515S

Hand

Pc, Tc, Cd

III

8

seh, sei

A

666S

Hand

Pc, Tc, Tp, Cd

I

5

sec, seg, sei.

B

  1. Abbreviations: Cd, cadmium acetate, Fd. fusidic acid. Km, kanamycin, Mc, methicillin, Pc, benzyl penicillin, Sm, streptomycin, Tc, tetracycline, Tp, trimethoprim, ND, not detected, agr, accessory gene regulator class, cap, capsular polysaccharide serotype type.