Antibiotic Resistance and Virulence Gene Characteristics of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Isolated from Healthy Edible Marine Fish

Table 3

Phenotypes of MDR-MRSA isolates.

No. of antibiotics resistant	Resistant phenotype	Frequency of occurrence
3	AMP-RIP-CD	1
	E-RIP-CD	1
	E-DO-TE	1
	E-RIP-DO	1
	DO-CD-TE	1
4	DO-CD-TE-SXT	1
	E-AMP-RIP-CD	1
	AMP-RIP-DO-CD	1
	AMP-RIP-CD-TE	1
	E-AMP-RIP-CD	4
	E-RIP-CD-SXT	1
	E-AMP-RIP-CD	1
5	E-AMP-RIP-CD-SXT	1
6	E-AMP-RIP-CD-VA-TE	1
	E-AMP-RIP-CD-VA-SXT	1
	E-AMP-RIP-DO-CD-TE	1
	E-AMP-RIP-CD-VA-SXT	2
7	E-AMP-RIP-CD-VA-CIP-TE	1
	E-AMP-RIP-DO-CD-VA-SXT	3
8	E-AMP-RIP-DO-CD-VA-TE-SXT	2

C: Chloramphenicol; E: Erythromycin; AMP: Ampicillin; RIP: Rifampicin; DO: Doxycycline; GN: Gentamicin; LEV: Levofloxacin; CD: Clindamycin; IPM: Imipenem; CIP: Ciprofloxacin; TE: Tetracycline, and SXT: Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole.