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Table 1 Detection of resistance genes among S. aureus isolates

From: Antimicrobial resistance and genotyping of Staphylococcus aureus obtained from food animals in Sichuan Province, China

Resistance genes

Percentage of positive isolates (%) (n)

MRSA (n = 24)

MSSA (n = 212)

Total (n = 236)

blaZ

87.50 (21)*

61.32 (130)

63.98 (151)

mecA

100.00 (24)**

0.94 (2)

11.02 (26)

ermA

79.17 (19)**

3.77 (8)

11.44 (27)

ermB

100.00 (24)*

81.13 (172)

83.05 (196)

ermC

100.00 (24)*

85.85 (182)

87.29 (206)

aacA-aphD

70.83 (17)**

41.04 (87)

44.07 (104)

  1. MRSA methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, MSSA methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus. *indicates significant difference (P < 0.05), **indicates extremely significant difference (P < 0.01) between MRSA and MSSA