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Table 5 Antibiotic susceptibility profiles and mecA status of donor and recipient transconjugants

From: In vitro transfer of methicillin resistance determinants mecA from methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) to methicillin susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)

Cell type

ID

Antibiotic profiles of transconjugants

mecA

OX1

CPD10

FOX3O

E15

N10

AML25

TGC15

(D)Transconjugant

1E

R

R

R

R

R

I

S

+

(R)Transconjugant

1 T

R

R

R

R

R

I

R

+

(D)Transconjugant

2E

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

+

(R)Transconjugant

2 T

R

R

R

R

R

I

S

+

(D)Transconjugant

3E

R

R

R

R

R

R

S

+

(R)Transconjugant

3 T

R

R

R

R

R

R

S

(D)Transconjugant

4E

R

R

R

R

R

I

R

+

(R)Transconjugant

4 T

S

S

S

S

S

R

R

(D)Transconjugant

5E

R

R

R

R

R

S

S

+

(R)Transconjugant

5 T

R

R

R

R

R

R

R

+

  1. Transconjugants (A) donor transconjugants, Transconjugants (B) recipient transconjugants, E, T, agar concentration of erythromycin and tigecycline in μg/mL, D donors, R recipients, D R resistance, S susceptible, I intermediate resistance