Clinical Study

Predominant Dissemination of PVL-Negative CC89 MRSA with SCCmec Type II in Children with Impetigo in Japan

Table 3

Molecular characterization of 14 MRSA strains isolated from patients with impetigo.

StrainAgeSCCmec typingMLSTPresence of exotoxin genes
SCCmec typeccrmecSTCCAllelic profilelukS-PV-lukF-PVtstetaetb

T-111 yrIIb2A2117891-310-28-18-18-33-50+
T-336 yrs 4 mosIVa2B91891-26-28-18-18-54-50+
T-552 yrs 6 mosNTNTA89891-26-28-18-18-33-50+
T-642 yra 6 mos IINT2A89891-26-28-18-18-33-50+
T-716 yrs 6 mosIIb2A89891-26-28-18-18-33-50+
T-793 yrs 10 mosIVa2B91891-26-28-18-18-54-50+
T-833 yrs 11 mos IINT2A89891-26-28-18-18-33-50+
T-1142 yrs 3 mosNTNTA89891-26-28-18-18-33-50+
T-1192 yrs 2 mosNTNTA551-4-1-4-12-1-10+
T-1254 yrsV5C21211216-5-6-2-7-14-5+
T-13219 ds IINT2A89891-26-28-18-18-33-50+
T-1371 yr 1 moIIb2A89891-26-28-18-18-33-50+
T-13910 ds IINT2A89891-26-28-18-18-33-50+
T-1442 yrs 1 moIVa2B883-3-1-1-4-4-3+

NT: nontypeable.