Characteristics of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (CA-MRSA) Strains Isolated from Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in Uruguay : Table 1

]>Characteristics of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> (CA-MRSA) Strains Isolated from Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in Uruguay : Table 1

Table 1: Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of CA-MRSA isolates recovered in Uruguay between 2004-2005. CP, capsular polysaccharide; , inducible macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin B resistance; PVL, Panton-Valentine leukocidin.


Group	PFGE type	CP	Phenotype	PVL	Number of strains

1	A
2	A, A1, A2
3	A3
4	B
5	C
6	D
7	E
8	F

				Total	90

Fifty-nine isolates showed positive result by colony immunoblot method with CP8 antibody and 3 strains showed positive result by PCR for the cp8 gene. Twenty-three strains showed SCCmec type-IV. All strains in this group showed SCCmec type-II. Positive PCR amplification for the cp8 gene.