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Table 1 SCCmec types and Oxacillin MIC values for staphylococcal isolates

From: Diversity of SCCmec elements in Staphylococci isolated from public washrooms

Species

No

SCCmec types

Oxacillin MICs (mg/L) (there were no isolates with MICs within 4-32 mg/L range)

   

0.12- 0.25

0.5

1

2

64

128

S. hominis

9

I

3

     

VI

  

1

   

N/T

5

     

S. aureus

4

IV

   

3a

  

VI

    

1

 

S. warneri

4

I

1

     

IV

  

1

   

N/T

2

     

S. epidermidis

4

I

 

1

    

VI

    

1

1

N/T

    

1

 

S. haemolyticus

3

I

2

     

VI

 

1

    

S. simulans

3

IV

 

1

    

N/T

1

    

1

S. saprophyticus

1

I

1

     

S. equorum

1

VI

    

1

 

S. arlettae

1

IV

   

1

  

S. condimeniti

1

VI

1

     

S. cohnii

1

N/T

 

1

    
  1. MIC breakpoint for staphylococci to oxacillin is 2 mg/L. MIC breakpoint for S.epidermidis to oxacillin is 1 mg/L [19, 20]
  2. N/T non-typeable, No number of isolates
  3. a-3 EMRSA-15 strains were determined by IVh SCCmec carriage, MLST and spa typing (Table 3)
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