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Comparison of 42 local community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates (2001 to June 2005), using MLVA, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), SCCmec typing, PFGE, and determination of the presence of PVL genes. Isolates were considered to be related according to PFGE if gel patterns demonstrated 80% or greater similarity upon analysis using the Dice coefficient and the unweighted-pair group method using average linkages.
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Distribution of virulence genes among 27 ST30 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates. All isolates tested negative for the following genes: toxic shock syndrome toxin 1 (tsst-1), exfoliatin A and B, epidermal cell differentiation inhibitor (EDIN) A, and variant gamma-hemolysin. Positive PCR controls were not available for tsst-1, exfoliatin A and B, and EDIN-A.
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Antibiotic resistance profiles of 37 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates stratified by year of isolation and multilocus ST
Profile Resistance to non-β-lactam antibiotics testeda ST (no. of isolates) 2004 (May-December) 2005 (January-June) I 30 (13) 8 (2) 571 (1) 30 (13) 88 (1) II S, T 188 (1) III E, Cc 7 (1) 78 (1) IV E, T 59 (1) V Ci, E, G 45 (1) VI E, Ci, T 573 (2) ↵ a Cc, constitutive clindamycin resistance; Ci, inducible clindamycin resistance; E, erythromycin resistance; G, gentamicin resistance; S, sulfamethoxazole resistance; T, tetracycline resistance. All isolates were susceptible to ciprofloxacin, fusidic acid, rifampin, and vancomycin upon testing.
