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Table 3 Characteristics of CA-MRSA ST398 isolates

From: Detection and analysis of methicillin-resistant human-adapted sequence type 398 allows insight into community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus evolution

Isolate

Year of isolation

Infection type

Invasiveness (isolation from otherwise sterile site)

Infection outcome

spa type

SCCmec

Penicillina

Cefoxitin

Cefazolin

Levofloxacin

Erythromycin

CA-MRSA-1

2014

Respiratory

Invasive (isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid)

Cured

t034

V

√

√

√

 

√

CA-MRSA-2

2014

Respiratory

Invasive (isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid)

Recurrence

t034

V

√

√

  

√

CA-MRSA-3

2012

Respiratory, bacteremia

Invasive (isolated from blood and peritoneal dialysate)

Death

t034

V

√

√

√

 

√

CA-MRSA-4

2011

Respiratory, bacteremia

Invasive (isolated from sputum and blood)

Cured

t011

V

√

√

√

 

√

CA-MRSA-5

2012

SSTI

Non-invasive

Cured

t034

IV

√

√

√

  

CA-MRSA-6

2012

SSTI, bacteremia

Invasive (isolated from blood)

Death

t571

V

√

√

√

 

√

CA-MRSA-7

2011

SSTI

Non-invasive

Cured

t034

None

√

√

√

 

√

CA-MRSA-8b

2012

Endocarditis, bacteremia

Invasive (isolated from pleural effusion and blood)

Recurrence

t034

ND

√

√

√

 

√

  1. SSTI skin and soft tissue infection, ND not determined
  2. aResistance; no isolate was resistant to gentamicin, clindamycin, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, fosfomycin, rifampicin, teicoplanin, vancomycin, or linezolid
  3. bThis isolate could not be recovered after the initial characterization shown in the table and was not included in further experiments in the study