Table 3

Properties of plasmids isolated from MRSA isolates

S/N
Plasmids
Size, kb
Resistance phenotype
Transfer Mode*
EcoRI Restriction pattern

1
pXU01
27.1
Cd,Hg,Pi,Eb
M
10.4, 6.4, 4.1, 2.6, 2.3, 1.3
2
pXU02
27.1
Cd,Hg,Pi,Eb
M
10.4, 6.4, 4.1, 2.6, 2.3, 1.3
3
pXU04
27.1
Cd,Hg,Pi,Eb
M
10.4, 6.4, 4.1, 2.6, 2.3, 1.3
4
pXU08
27.6
Cd,Hg,Pi,Eb
M
11.5, 6.4, 3.5, 2.6, 2.3, 1.3
5
pXU09
27.6
Cd, Hg,Pi,Eb
M
11.5, 6.4, 3.5, 2.6, 2.3, 1.3
6
pXU12
31.5
mupH
C
7.8, 6.6, 6.1,4.9, 2.7, 1.8, 1.6
7
pXU16
38.0
mupH
C, M
ND
8
pXU17
38.0
mupH
C,M
ND
9
pXU03
2.8
Cm
M
ND
10
pXU11
3.5
Cm
M
ND
11
pXU14
4.4
Cm
M, C
ND
12
pXU07
2.8
Em
M
ND
13
pXU13
3.0
Em
M
ND

Abbreviations: Cd, cadmium acetate, Cm, Chloramphenicol, Eb, ethidium bromide, Em, erythromycin, Hg, mercuric chloride, Pi, propamidine isethionate, mupH, high-level mupirocin, ND, not done.

*, M, mixed culture transfer; C, conjugation.

Udo et al. BMC Infectious Diseases 2006 6:168   doi:10.1186/1471-2334-6-168