Table 2

The clonal lineage and resistance profile of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from pig noses in Switzerland.

Antibiotic resistance genes and resistance breakpoints (mg/L)b


MLST

spa type

SCCmec type

Number of isolates

Farma

Representative strain

FOX

PEN

TET

ERY

CLI

STR

TIA

SPC

TMP

SMX

CIP


(>4)

(>0.125)

(>2)

(>2)

(>0.5)

(>16)

(>2)

(>128)

(>2)

(>128)

(>1)


2009

ST1

t2279

IVc

1

TG3

IMD887-09

mecA

mecA blaZ

tet(M)

erm(A)

erm(A)

ant(9)-Ia

+

ST398

t011

V

1

SG1

IMD358-09

mecA

mecA

tet(M) tet(K)

vga(A)v

ST398

t011

V

1

TG1

IMD355-09

mecA

mecA

tet(M) tet(K)

erm(C)

erm(C)

+

ST398

t011

V

1

LU2

IMD1753-09

mecA

mecA

tet(M) tet(K)

+

ST398

t034

V

1

BE1

IMD1116-09

mecA

mecA blaZ

tet(M) tet(K)

erm(A)

erm(A)

str

+

ant(9)-Ia

dfr(G)

ST398

t1451

V

1

LU1

IMD1270-09

mecA

mecA

tet(M) tet(K)

erm(C)

erm(C)

str

vga(A)v

ST49

t208

V

1

TG2

IMD1000-09

mecA

mecA

tet(M) tet(K)

erm(C)

erm(C)

vga(A)v

+

ST49

t208

V

1

SG2

IMD1771-09

mecA

mecA

tet(M) tet(K)

vga(A)v

+


2010

ST398

t034

V

16

TG5 TG8 TG9 TG10 LU3 LU4 LU5 LU6 BE2 BE3 BE4 AG1 JU1 SG3 SG5 ZH1

IMD49-10

mecA

mecA blaZ

tet(M) tet(K)

erm(A)

erm(A)

str

+

ant(9)-Ia

dfr(G)

ST398

t034

V

1

TG 7

IMD704-10

mecA

mecA blaZ

tet(M) tet(K)

erm(A)

erm(A)

+

ant(9)-Ia

dfr(G)

ST398

t011

V

1

AI1

IMD233-10

mecA

mecA

tet(M) tet(K)

erm(C)

erm(C)

+

ST49

t208

V

3

SG4 SG6 TG4

IMD426-10

mecA

mecA

tet(M) tet(K)

vga(A)v

+

ST49

t208

V

1

TG6

IMD603-10

mecA

mecA

tet(M) tet(K)

erm(A)

erm(A)

vga(A)v

+

ST49

t208

V

1

AG2

IMD2002-10

mecA

mecA

tet(M) tet(K)

str

vga(A)v

+


a) Geographical origin of the farm: letters indicate the Cantons (AI, Appenzell Innen Rhodes; AG, Aargau; BE, Bern; JU, Jura; LU, Luzern; SG, St Gallen; TG, Thurgau; ZH, Zurich). and numbers indicate individual farms.

b) CIP, ciprofloxacin; CLI, clindamycin; ERY, erythromycin; FOX, cefoxitin; PEN, penicillin; SPC, spectinomycin; SMX, sulphamethoxazole; STR, streptomycin; TET, tetracycline; TIA, tiamulin; TMP, trimethoprim. The MIC breakpoints (in micrograms per millilitre) that determine resistance were recommended from EUCAST for S. aureus http://www.eucast.org webcite. Resistance breakpoints for tiamulin, spectinomycin, streptomycin and sulphamethoxazole were tentatively derived from epidemiological MIC cut-off values from EUCAST.

Antibiotic resistance genes and their functions are indicated as follows: ant(9)-Ia, spectinomycin adenylnucleotidyltransferase; blaZ, β-lactamase; dfr(G), dihydrofolate reductase; erm(A) and erm(C), macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins B rRNA methylase; mecA, penicillin-binding protein PBP2a; str, streptomycin adenyltransferase; tet(K), tetracycline efflux protein; tet(M), tetracycline ribosomal protection protein; vga(A)v, pleuromutilins and streptogramins A ATP binding transporter.

ND, not detected; +, The MIC values were greater than the resistance breakpoint, but the resistance mechanism remained uncharacterised; blank spaces indicate no resistance

Overesch et al. BMC Veterinary Research 2011 7:30   doi:10.1186/1746-6148-7-30

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