Table 2 Detection of antibiotic resistance gene.
From: Genotyping of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from the United Arab Emirates
Antibiotic resistance genes | # Positive (N = 625) | % positive | |
|---|---|---|---|
Alternate penicillin binding protein 2, defining MRSA | mecA | 625 | 100.0 |
Mercury resistance operon | merA; merB | 0 | 0.0 |
SCCmec XI | mecC; blaZ-SCCmec XI | 0 | 0.0 |
Beta-lactamase operon | blaZ ; blaI; blaR | 588 | 94.1 |
rRNA adenine N-6-methyl-transferase, erythromycin/clindamycin resistance | ermA | 15 | 2.4 |
Erythromycin/clindamycin resistance | ermB | 4 | 0.6 |
Erythromycin/clindamycin resistance | ermC | 132 | 21.1 |
Lincosamide Nucleotidyltransferase | linA | 10 | 1.6 |
Energy-dependent efflux of erythromycin | msrA | 101 | 16.2 |
Acetyl-transferase inactivating streptogramin A | vatB | 0 | 0.0 |
ATP binding protein, Streptogramin A resistance | vgaA | 0 | 0.0 |
Bifunctional enzyme gentamicin resistance | aacA-aphD | 179 | 28.6 |
Amino-glycoside adenyl-transferase, tobramycin resistance | aadD | 47 | 7.5 |
3′5′-Aminoglycoside phosphotransferase, neo-/kanamycin resistance | aphA3 | 138 | 22.1 |
Streptothricin acetyltransferase | sat | 129 | 20.6 |
Dihydrofolate reductase type 1 | dfrA | 87 | 13.9 |
Fusidic acid resistance | fusB | 25 | 4.0 |
Hypothetical protein associated with fusidic acid resistance | Q6GD50 (fusC) | 181 | 29.0 |
Mupirocin resistance protein | mupR | 2 | 0.3 |
Tetracycline resistance | tetK | 85 | 13.6 |
Tetracycline resistance | tetM | 18 | 2.9 |
Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase | cat | 5 | 0.8 |
23S rRNA methyltransferase | cfr | 1 | 0.2 |
Chloramphenicol/florfenicol exporter | fexA | 10 | 1.6 |
Metallothiol transferase | fosB | 403 | 64.5 |
fosB-plasmid | 0 | 0.0 | |
Quaternary ammonium compound resistance protein A/B | qacA; qacC | 6 | 1.0 |
Transport-/efflux protein | tetEfflux | 539 | 86.2 |
Vancomycin resistance genes | vanA; vanB | 0 | 0.0 |
Teicoplanin resistance gene from enterococci | vanZ | 0 | 0.0 |
