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Table 2 Phenotypic manifestation and genes encoding the MLSB resistance as well as the methicillin resistance in tested isolates belonging to the species: S. epidermidis, S. hominis, S. haemolyticus, S. warneri and S. simulans

From: Differences in distribution of MLS antibiotics resistance genes in clinical isolates of staphylococci belonging to species: S. epidermidis, S. hominis, S. haemolyticus, S. simulans and S. warneri

Resistance genes

Phenotype (No. of isolates)

No. of isolates/No. of isolates with mecA gene

S. epidermidis

S. hominis

S. haemolyticus

S. warneri

S. simulans

erm(A)

cMLSB(1)

1/1

    

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

erm(C)

cMLSB(20)

6/6

8/8

 

1/1

5/3a

iMLSB(3)

1/1

  

1/1

1/0

MSB(3)

3/3

    

erm(A),erm(C)

cMLSB(2)

2/2

    

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

erm(C),msr(A)

cMLSB(2)

  

1/0

 

1/1

iMLSB(2)

   

1/1

1/1a

MSB(0)

     

erm(C),msr(A),msr(B)

cMLSB(1)

   

1/1

 

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

erm(C),msr(A),mph(C)

cMLSB(2)

  

2/2

  

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

erm(C),mph(C)

cMLSB(1)

 

1/1

   

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

erm(C),lnu(A)

cMLSB(1)

 

1/1

   

iMLSB(1)

 

1/1

   

MSB(0)

     

erm(C),msr(A),lnu(A)

cMLSB(1)

 

1/1

   

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

erm(C),msr(A),msr(B),lnu(A)

cMLSB(1)

 

1/1

   

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

erm(C),msr(A),mph(C),lnu(A)

cMLSB(2)

 

1/1

1/1

  

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

erm(C),msr(A),msr(B),mph(C)

kMLSB(7)

 

1/1

6/6

  

iMLSB(1)

 

1/1

   

MSB(0)

     

erm(C),msr(B),mph(C)

cMLSB(1)

  

1/1

  

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

erm(A),msr(B),mph(C)

cMLSB(1)

 

1/1

   

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

msr(A)

cMLSB(2)

  

2/1

  

iMLSB(1)

   

1/0

 

MSB(0)

     

msr(A),msr(B)

cMLSB(0)

     

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(2)

   

2/0

 

msr(A),msr(B),mph(C)

cMLSB(3)

  

3/2

  

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(8)

2/2

 

3/2

3/2a

 

msr(A),msr(B),mph(C),lnu(A)

cMLSB(1)

     

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(1)

  

1/1

  

msr(A),mph(C)

cMLSB(2)

  

2/2a

  

iMLSB(1)

 

1/1

   

MSB(1)

   

1/0

 

mph(C),lnu(A)

cMLSB(1)

 

1/1

   

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(0)

     

mph(C)

cMLSB(0)

     

iMLSB(0)

     

MSB(2)

  

1/1a

1/0

 
  1. aisolates harbor the mecA gene without phenotypic resistance (S. haemolyticus: one isolate with msr(A),mph(C) and one isolate with mph(C); S. warneri: one isolate with msr(A),msr(B),mph(C); S. simulans: two isolates with erm(c) and one isolates with erm(C),msr(A))