Table 2 Association between molecular typing profiles and epidemic clones, spa types, SCCmec types and virulence factors in methicillin-resistant S. aureus isolates of cirrhotic and liver transplanted patients from August 2010 to December 2011
PFT | Relationship with Epidemic Clones | Spa type (number of isolates) | SCCmec type | Genes for Virulence factors | Â | Â | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PVL | TST | lukDE | fnPA | Cirrhotic | Liver transplantation | ||||
A1 | NewYork/Japan clone | t002 (7) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | 5 | 2 |
A1 | NewYork/Japan clone | t3824 (1) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | - | 1 |
A1 | NewYork/Japan clone | t149 (1) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | - | 1 |
A2 | NewYork/Japan clone | t539 (1) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | 1 | - |
A3 | NewYork/Japan clone | t088 (1) | I | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | - | 1 |
A4 | NewYork/Japan clone | t002 (1) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | 1 | - |
A5 | NewYork/Japan clone | t010 (1) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | 1 | - |
B1 |  | t311 (2) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | 2 | - |
B2 |  | t002 (1) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | 1 | - |
C |  | t002 (1) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | - | 1 |
D1 |  | t14789 (1) | IVa | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | 1 |  |
D2 |  | t002 (1) | III | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | - | 1 |
D3 |  | t002 (1) | IVa | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | - | 1 |
E1 |  | t149 (1) | I | (−) | (+) | (+) | (+) | 1 | - |
E1 |  | t149 (1) | I | (−) | (+) | (−) | (+) | - | 1 |
E2 |  | t149 (1) | I | (−) | (+) | (+) | (+) | - | 1 |
E3 |  | t088 (1) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | - | 1 |
F1 | Brazilian clone | t037 (2) | III | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | - | 2 |
F1 | Brazilian clone | t037 (1) | III | (−) | (−) | (−) | (−) | - | 1 |
F2 | Brazilian clone | t037 (1) | III | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | - | 1 |
G |  | t110 (2) | I | (−) | (−) | (+) | (+) | 1 | 1 |
H |  | t002 (1) | II | (−) | (−) | (+) | (−) | 1 | - |
I |  | t149 (1) | IVa | (−) | (−) | (−) | (−) | 1 | - |