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Table 1 Toxin gene profiles and multilocus sequence typing of MRSA strains obtained from blood, sputum, and synovial fluid

From: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus enterocolitis sequentially complicated with septic arthritis: a case report and review of the literature

Source

Detection of toxic genes

SCCmec

MLST

 

tst

eta

etb

sea

seb

sec

sed

see

seg

seh

sei

sej

pvl

mec type

ccr type

SCC mec

arcC

aroE

glpF

gmk

pta

tpi

yqil

ST

CC

A. blood

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

+

-

+

-

-

A

2

II

1

136

1

4

12

1

10

764

5

Sputum

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

+

-

+

-

-

A

2

II

1

136

1

4

12

1

10

764

5

Joint fluid

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

+

-

+

-

-

A

2

II

1

136

1

4

12

1

10

764

5

  1. A: acetyltransferase, arc: carbamate kinase, aro: shikimate dehydrogenase, CC: clonal complex, ccr: cassette chromosome recombinase, eta: exfoliatin toxin a etb: exfoliatin toxin b, glp: glycerol kinase, gmk: guanylate kinase, MLST: multilocus sequence typing, pta: phosphate acetyltransferase, pvl: Panton-Valentine leukocidine, sea: staphylococcal enterotoxin a, seb: staphylococcal enterotoxin b, sec: staphylococcal enterotoxin c, sed: staphylococcal enterotoxin d, seg: staphylococcal enterotoxin g, seh: staphylococcal enterotoxin h, sei: staphylococcal enterotoxin I, sej: staphylococcal enterotoxin j, SCCmec: Staphylococcal casstte chromosmome mec, ST: sequence type, tpi: triosephosphate isomerase, yqi: acetyle coenzyme.