Volume 17, Number 1—January 2011
Letter
Empyema caused by MRSA ST398 with Atypical Resistance Profile, Spain
Carmen Lozano, Carmen Aspiroz, Ana Isabel Ezpeleta, Elena Gómez-Sanz, Myriam Zarazaga, and Carmen Torres
Table
Characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains recovered from humans and animals, Spain, 2009*
| Strain | Origin | SCCmec type | MLST/spa type | agr | PFGE | Antimicrobial resistance phenotype | Resistance genes detected | Amino acid change |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GrlA | GyrA | ||||||||
| C2355 | Patient, pleural fluid | V | ST398/t011 | I | A1 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2354 | Patient, bronchial aspirate | V | ST398/t011 | I | A2 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2634 | Patient, nasal swab | V | ST398/t011 | I | A1 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2664 | Son, nasal swab | V | ST398/t011 | I | A1 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2669 | Pig 1, nasal swab | V | ST398/t011 | I | A1 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2670 | Pig 2, nasal swab | V | ST398/t011 | I | A1 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2694 | Pig 3, nasal swab | V | ST398/t011 | I | A1 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2695 | Pig 4, nasal swab | V | ST398/t011 | I | A1 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2697 | Pig 5, nasal swab | V | ST398/t011 | I | A3 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2698 | Pig 6, nasal swab | V | ST398/t011 | I | A1 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2700 | Pig 7, nasal swab | V | ST398/t011 | I | A3 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2704 | Pig 8, nasal swab | V | ST398/t011 | I | A1 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
| C2706 | Pig 9, nasal swab | V | ST398/t1451 | I | A1 | OXA-CLI-TET-CIP-LEV | mecA, tetK, tetM, vga(A) | S80F | S84L |
*All strains were susceptible to fusidic acid, fosfomycin, gentamicin, tobramycin, mupirocin, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, vancomycin, teicoplanin, quinupristin/dalfopristin, and tigecycline. SCC, staphylococcal cassette chromosome; MLST, multilocus sequence typing; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; ST, sequence type; OXA, oxacillin; CLI, clindamycin; TET, tetracycline; CIP, ciprofloxacin; LEV, levofloxacin.
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