Research Article

Genetic Diversity and Virulence Factors of S. aureus Isolated from Food, Humans, and Animals

Table 5

Restriction profiles of the coa gene, virulence factors, and resistance profile of strains of S. aureus from different environments.

ProfileAluI restrictionStrainsVirulence factor (gen)Resistance profileSource

18004hlB, saK (1)Cc (1)
Susceptible (2)
Fox, E (1)
Humans
hlB, seA, seC (1)
saK (1)
saK, mec, seA (1)

2400 3005saK, seA (1)Humans
saK (2)Cip, E (2)
hlB, seA, seC (1)Susceptible (3)
hlB, saK, seA (1)

3400 150 801hlB, saK, seA, tsst-1 (1)Susceptible (1)Foods

4490 3007saK, seB (1)E (2)
Cc (1)
Cc, E, Ra (1)
Cip, E (1)
Fox (1)
Susceptible (1)
Foods/humans
saK, seA, seC (1)
hlB, saK, seB, seC, seD (1)
hlB (1)
hlB, saK (1)
saK (1)
saK, mec, seA (1)

5450 2202mec, seA (1)Fox (1)Foods
---Susceptible (1)

6400 2203saK (1)Cc, E (1)Foods/humans
hlB, saK, seA (1)Te, Cip, E (1)
saK, seA, seE, tsst-1 (1)Susceptible (1)

7500 2202hlB, saK (1)Susceptible (2)Foods/humans
hlB (1)

8500 320 1805hlB, seA (3)Te (1)Foods
hlB (1)E (1)
---Susceptible (3)

9550 400 1801saK, mec, seA (1)Fox, E (1)Humans

10400 230 801hlB, saK, seA (1)E (1)Foods

11500 320 801hlB (1)E (1)Foods

12400 180 801saK, tsst-1 (1)Susceptible (1)Foods

13400 2004hlB, saK, seA (1)E (2)
Fox, E, Ra (1)
Susceptible (1)
Foods/humans
saK, seA (1)
saK, seA, tsst-1 (1)
saK, mec (1)

14400 290 1801hlB, saK, seA (1)E (1)Animals

15400 320 802saK (1)Susceptible (2)Foods
hlB (1)

16400 3203seA (1)Te (1)Foods/humans
hlB, seA (1)Susceptible (1)
---E (1)

17490 2102saK (1)E (1)Foods
hlB, mec, seA (1)Fox, Cip, E (1)

--- = does not present any virulence gene, CC: clindamycin, RA: rifampin, E: erythromycin, FOX: cefoxitin, TE: tetracycline, and CIP: ciprofloxacin.