Multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization in Healthy Adults Is more Common in Bhutanese Refugees in Nepal than Those Resettled in Ohio

Table 4

Molecular characteristics of selected S. aureus isolates from NEO (N=38).

Isolates	Source	mecA	PVL	AST	spa	MLST
27NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t002	ST5
89NEOT	Throat	–	+	P, G, C, L, T	t005	ST672
33NEON	Nose	+	–	P, O, E	t008	ST8
3NEOT	Throat	–	–	P, C, L, TS	t084	ST2885
11NEON	Throat	–	–	P	t085	ST845
38NEOT	Throat	–	–	P, TS	t091	ST789
9NEOT	Throat	–	–	P, T	t104	ST8
68NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t10559	ST2733
23NEOT	Throat	–	+	P, TS	t1094	ST2112
80NEOT	Throat	–	+	P, C, L	t11906	ST2884
63NEOT	Throat	–	–	P, E, CL	t122	ST2102
8NEON	Nose	–	–	P	t127	ST573
69NEON	Nose	–	–	P	t131	ST1290
72NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t164	ST20
48NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t1654	ST667
30NEOT	Throat	–	–	P, T	t1818	ST96
1NEOT	Throat	–	+	P, C, L, TS	t1839	ST3206
82NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t190	ST8
70NEOT	Throat	–	–	P, TS	t1931	ST1
84NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t2119	ST2871
88NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t2379	ST5
39NEOT	Throat	–	+	P, C, L, E, CL	t2663	ST2233
18NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t273	ST1
1NEON	Nose	–	+	P, C, L, TS	t345	ST3206
59NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t4371	ST5
4NEOT	Throat	–	–	P, TS	t442	ST5
13NEOT	Throat	–	–	P, C, L, TS	t491	ST199
9NEON	Nose	–	–	P, C, L, TS	t521	ST96
96NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t6127	ST8
50NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t616	ST944
12NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t688	ST5
8NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t7264	ST5
55NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t774	ST15
79NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t803	ST15
28NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t818	ST5
29NEOT	Throat	–	–	P	t878	ST2849
58NEOT	Throat	–	–	P, G, E, CL	t934	ST80
16NEOT	Throat	–	–	P, C, L	t9432	ST2128

P, benzylpenicillin; C, ciprofloxacin; E, erythromycin; CL, clindamycin; G, gentamicin; T, tetracycline; TS, trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole; L, levofloxacin; O, oxacillin; AST, antibiotic susceptibility testing. Inclusion of antibiotic name denotes resistance.