Research Article

Molecular Typing of Hospital-Acquired Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Isfahan, Iran

Table 2

Correlation between the different molecular typing methods.

StrainSamplespa typeagr typemecA geneSccmec typePVL gene1Antimicrobial
resistance2, 3

1 Woundt230I
2Septicemiat230I+
3Septicemiat024I
4Septicemiat304Itet
5Urinet304Itet
6Woundt4892I+cot
7Woundt024I
8Woundt304I
9CSFt2790I
10Woundt304I+tet
11Woundt024I+
12Woundt7688I+tet
13Bloodt045I+
14Sputumt005I+IV+cx
15Bloodt7688I
16Urinet439I
17Woundt7688Icx
18Woundt005I+Icx
19Urinet7688I
20Woundt7688I+
21Bloodt7688I
22Bloodt7688I
23Woundt7688I
24Woundt7688I+
25Urinet7688I
26Woundt230I
27Bloodt230I
28Sputumt005I
29Woundt7688I
30Woundt7688I+
31CSFt7688I
32Sputumt4892I
33Urinet304I+Icx
34Woundt138I+III+cx, cot
35Woundt037I+IIICip, gen, cd, tet, le, rif, cx, cot
36Perituent037III+IVCip, gen, cd, tet, le, cx, cot
37Urinet937ICip, gen, cd, tet, le
38Woundt436I gen, cd, tet, cx
39Woundt8015III gen, cd, tet, cx
40Abscesst037I+IVCip, gen, cd, tet, rif, cx, cot
41Bloodt352I tet, rif, cx
42Sputumt084Itet, cot
43Urinet1741tet
44Sputumt005I
45Woundt037Itet, cot
46Bloodt267ICip, tet, cot
47Urinet021tet
48Bloodt7685ICip, tet
49Bloodt5005Itet
50Woundt275I

PVL: Panton-Valentine Leukocidin.
2Oxa: oxacillin, Lev: levofloxacin, Cip: ciprofloxacin, Tet: tetracycline, Cot: cotrimoxazole, Gen: gentamycin, Cli: clindamycin, Rif: rifampicin.
3No resistance was observed for vancomycin and minocycline.