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Table 2 Overview of SCC mec elements found 93 methicillin-resistant staphylococci isolated from pigs with exudative epidermitis

From: An investigation of resistance to β-lactam antimicrobials among staphylococci isolated from pigs with exudative epidermitis

ccr-complex

mec-complex

SCC mectype

n. isolates

Species(n.isolates)

ccr type 2

class A

II

1

S. aureus (1)

ccr type 3

class A

III

1

S. chromogenes (1)

ccr type 5

class C

V

74

S. hyicus (19), S. aureus (48), S. chromogenes (4), S. pseudintermedius (1), S. arlettae (1), S. cohnii subsp. Urealyticus (1)

Ccr type 5

NF

NT type3b

8

S. hyicus (3), S. chromogenes (4), S. pseudintermedius (1)

NFa

class A

NT type2

4

S. hyicus (4)

NF

class C

NT type 1

2

S. hyicus (2)

NF

NF

NT type 4

3

S. hyicus (3)

  1. aNF: non finder.
  2. bNT: non-typeable cassette; the categorization into ‘type 1,2,3, and 4’ was done on the moment of detection.