Molecular Characterization of Staphylococci Recovered from Hospital Personnel and Frequently Touched Surfaces in Tianjin, China

Table 3

Comparative profiling of staphylococcal species, antimicrobial resistance, mecA gene carriage, and STs of staphylococci recovered from hospital personnel and frequently touched surfaces.

Staphylococcal			HP	FTS	value
Species			S. aureus ^†	S. aureus	—
			S. capitis	S. capitis
			S. cohnii	S. cohnii
			S. epidermidis	S. epidermidis
			—	S. equorum
			—	S. haemolyticus
			S. hominis	S. hominis
			S. pasteuri	S. pasteuri
			—	S. pettenkoferi
			—	S. saprophyticus
			—	S. succinus
			S.warneri	S. warneri
Antimicrobial-resistance rate	C		15%	14%	>0.05
	CD		18%	17%	>0.05
	CN		6%	28%	0.00004041
	CPT		4%	3%	>0.05
	E		66%	49%	0.02284
	FOX		50%	35%	0.04212
	LEV		14%	7%	>0.05
	LZD		0%	6%	>0.05
	PG		84%	44%	0.000000008302
	T		21%	12%	>0.05
	TEC		11%	14%	>0.05
mecA gene positive rate			50.5%	35.3%	0.04212
ST	S. aureus	—	ST5^†, ST7^†, ST15^†, ST25^†, ST59^†, ST398^†, ST943^†	ST25	—
	S. epidermidis	CC2	ST5, ST20, ST35, ST59, ST89, ST132, ST152, ST173, ST200, ST210, ST235, ST251, ST291, ST454	ST4, ST6, ST17, ST59, ST200, ST210, ST218, ST344, ST374,	—
		Minor CCs	ST192, ST247	ST325	—
		Other CCs	ST249	ST337, ST788, ST826, ST878, ST916	—
		New ST	ST840, ST841, ST842	—	—

New MLST type; ^†data was cited from published work [9]. The same species and same MLST types are labeled in bold. HP, hospital personnel; FTS, frequently touched surface; C, chloramphenicol; CD, clindamycin; CN, gentamicin; CPT, ceftaroline; E, erythromycin; FOX, cefoxitin; LEV, levofloxacin; LZD, linezolid; PG, penicillin; T, tetracycline; TEC, teicoplanin; CC, clonal complex.