Research Article

Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Isolates: Antibiotic Susceptibility, Molecular Characteristics, and Ability to Form Biofilm

Table 2

Characteristics of the 92 S. aureus Thailand isolates.

Isolate no.Methicillin susceptibilityDrug groupEnterotoxin gene(s)ExT geneRPLA toxinPFGE typeAgr groupBiofilm (OD)

S1R1sek, seq ND11+ (0.831)
S2R1sea, sek, seo, seq ND11+ (0.828)
S3R1sek, seq ND11+ (0.039)
S4R1sek, seq ND11+ (0.181)
S5R1sea, sek, seq 11+ (0.701)
S6R1sek, seq ND21+ (1.566)
S7R1sea, sed, sek, seq 12+ (1.841)
S8R1sea, sek, seq SEA61+ (1.701)
S9R1sea, sek, seq SEA211+ (0.996)
S10R1sea, sek, seq SEA211+ (1.219)
S11R1sea, sek, seo, seq SEA211+ (1.749)
S12R1sea, sek, seq SEA211+ (1.377)
S13R1sea, sek, seq SEA211+ (1.687)
S14R1sea, sek, seq SEA211+ (0.796)
S15R2sea, sek, seq 11+ (0.097)
S16R2seq ND31+ (0.132)
S17R3sea, sek, seq 11+ (0.085)
S18R3sea, sek, seq 41+ (0.230)
S19R3sea, sek, seq 41+ (0.080)
S20R3sek, seq ND61+ (0.417)
S21R3sek, seq ND61+ (1.103)
S22R3sek, seq ND61+ (1.835)
S23R3sek, seq ND211+ (0.097)
S24R4sea, sek, seq 21+ (0.552)
S25R7sea, sek, seq 11+ (0.569)
S26R7sek, seq ND11+ (1.000)
S27R7sek, seq ND11+ (1.155)
S28R7sea, sek, seq 11+ (0.715)
S29R7sek, seq ND21+ (1.061)
S30R7sek, seq ND21+ (1.131)
S31R7sek, seq ND21+ (0.774)
S32R7sea, sec, sek, sel, seq 91+ (1.796)
S33R7seq ND211+ (2.481)
S34R7sea, sec, sel, seq 211+ (1.000)
S35R7sea, sek, seq 211+ (1.792)
S36R7sek, seq ND211+ (1.184)
S37R7sek, seq ND211+ (2.332)
S38S8ND41− (−0.052)
S39S8sej, sek, seq ND42+ (0.367)
S40S8seq ND211+ (0.508)
S41S9seb, sed, sej, sek, seq, ser, etd SEB, SED213+ (0.074)
S42S9seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq, seu 193− (−0.007)
S43S9seg, sei, sek, sem, sen, seo, seq 72− (−0.008)

P1R1sea, seq SEA211+ (0.317)
P2R1sea, seg, sei, sek, sen, seo, seq SEA92+ (0.700)
P3R5sea, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEA92+ (0.098)
P4R5sea, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEA92− (−0.194)
P5R5sea, sei, sek, sen, seo, seq SEA92+ (0.543)
P6R5sea, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEA92− (−0.144)
P7R5sea, seg, sei, sek, sem, sen, seo, seq SEA92− (−0.095)
P8R5sea, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEA132+ (0.451)
P9R5sea, sed, seg, sei, sej, sem, sen, seo, sep, seq, ser SED162− (−0.05)
P10R6sea, sek, seq SEA211+ (0.817)
P11R6sea, seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEB222+ (0.141)
P12R6seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEB222+ (0.179)
P13R6seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seq SEB222− (−0.176)
P14R6sea, seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq 222+ (0.182)
P15R6sea, seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEB222− (−0.084)
P16R6sea, seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEB222− (−0.249)
P17R6seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEB222− (−0.051)
P18R6seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEB222− (−0.137)
P19R6sea, seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq 222− (−0.117)
P20S9sea, sek, sel, seq 11+ (1.311)
P21S9sea, sec, sel, seq 21− (−0.173)
P22S9sea, seo, seq 81+ (0.300)
P23S9sea, sec, sel, seq SEA, SEC91− (−0.204)
P24S9sea, seq 91+ (2.210)
P25S9sea, sek, seq 104+ (0.484)
P26S9sea, sek, seo, seq 171+ (1.156)
P27S9sea, seh, sek, seq SEA173− (−0.058)
P28S9sea, sed, sei, seq etd SED181− (−0.225)
P29S9sea, seq 182+ (0.098)
P30S9sea, sec, seg, sei, sel, sem, sen, seo, seq SEC182− (−0.390)
P31S9sea, seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq, seu eta 182− (−0.147)
P32S9sea, sec, seg, sei, sel, sen, seo, seq SEC203+ (0.128)
P33S9seq ND203− (−0.245)
P34S9seo, seq ND221− (−0.326)
P35S9sea, seo, seq 231+ (0.054)
P36S9sed, sek, seq ND231+ (1.107)

T1S9sea, sen, seq 52− (−0.073)
T2S9sea, seg, sem, sen, seo, seq SEA52+ (0.046)
T3S9seb, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq, seu eta SEB, ETA84+ (3.872)
T4S9sea, seg, sen, seq 92+ (0.319)
T5S9sea, seg, sei, sek, sem, sen, seo, seq, seu 94− (−0.081)
T6S9seg, sen, seq ND111+ (0.736)
T7S9sea, seg, sei, sek, sen, seo 152+ (2.818)
T8S9sea, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq eta 181+ (0.156)
T9S10seq etd ND121− (−0.114)
T10S10sea, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq SEA142+ (0.086)
T11S10sea, seg, sei, sem, sen, seo, seq 152+ (0.808)
T12S10sec, seh, sel, seq SEC153− (−0.198)
T13S10sea, sek, seq etd SEA181+ (0.235)

−: not detectable, +: produced biofilm.
ND: not done.