Genotypically Different Clones of Staphylococcus aureus Are Diverse in the Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns and Biofilm Formations

Table 1

Characteristics of isolates used in this study.

MLST; sequence type	SCCmec; type	No. of; isolates	Source of isolates
ST 239-CC8	IIIA	13-MRSA	Pus (4), sputum (3), wound (3), blood (1), abscess (1), ^bC.S.F (1)
ST22-CC22	IVh	5-MRSA	Blood (4), pus (1)
ST188-CC1	V	3-MRSA	Pus (2), wound (1)
ST1-CC1	V	3-MRSA	Pus (2), wound (1)
ST1283-CC8	IIIA	3-MRSA	Medical devices (1), blood (1), wound (1)
ST7-CC7	V	3-MRSA	Pus (2), blood (1)
ST5-CC5	—	4-MSSA	Tracheal aspirate (1), ^cswab (1), urine (1), tissue (1)
ST121-CC121	—	4-MSSA	Swab (3), abscess (1)
ST88-CC88	—	2-MSSA	Swab (2)
ST45-CC45	—	2-MSSA	Swab (2)
ST8-CC8	—	2-MSSA	Swab (2)
ST15-CC15	—	2-MSSA	C.S.F (1), urine (1)
^aDifferent ST types	—	14-MSSA	Swab (7), tissue (2), pus (2), abscess (1), C.S.F (1), tracheal aspirate (1)

aMajor STs of MSSA recovered as single isolates including ST188-singleton, ST152-CC8, ST80-CC80, ST1-CC1, ST12-CC12, ST20-singleton, ST361-singleton, ST1153-singleton, ST769-CC1, ST508-CC45, ST833-singleton, ST9-CC97, ST1050-CC25, and ST15-CC5. ^bC.S.F: cerebrospinal fluid. ^cSwab: specimen collected from haematoma, eyes, axilla, skin, breast, face, foot, and ear.