Research Article
Molecular Characteristics of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci Clinical Isolates from a Tertiary Hospital in Northern Thailand
Table 1
Molecular characterization of SCCmec types, disinfectant resistance genes, and antibiotic resistance genes.
| | Gene | MRSA, (%) | MR-CoNS | | S. haemolyticus, (%) | S. epidermidis, (%) | S. cohnii, (%) | S. capitis, (%) | S. hominis, (%) | Total, (%) |
| | SCCmec types | | I | 6 (26.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (50.0) | 0 | 3 (9.7) | | II | 1 (4.3) | 10 (55.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 (32.3) | | III | 13 (56.5) | 0 | 0 | 3 (100) | 1 (16.7) | 1 (100) | 5 (16.1) | | IVa | 1 (4.3) | 3 (16.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (9.7) | | IVb | 1 (4.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | IVc | 0 | 0 | 2 (66.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (6.5) | | IVd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | V | 1 (4.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (33.3) | 0 | 2 (6.5) | | Untypeable | 0 | 5 (25.0) | 1 (33.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (19.4) | | ST239 | 10 (43.5) | – | – | – | – | – | – | | qacA/B | 6 (26.1) | 13 (72.2) | 0 | 3 (100) | 5 (83.3) | 1 (100) | 22 (70.9) |
| | Antimicrobial resistance | | ermA | 18 (78.3) | 0 | 1 (33.3) | 0 | 3 (50.0) | 0 | 4 (12.9) | | ermB | 17 (73.9) | 0 | 1 (33.3) | 0 | 3 (50.0) | 0 | 4 (12.9) | | ermC | 1 (4.3) | 16 (88.9) | 1 (33.3) | 3 (100) | 6 (100) | 1 (100) | 27 (87.1) |
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