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Table 3 MLS resistance phenotypes and genotypes in ER-R coagulase-positive S. aureus and ER-R CoNS isolates

From: Macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin resistance phenotypes and genotypes of coagulase-positive Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates from bovine mastitis

Species

Total number

Erythromycin-resistant number

Phenotype

The number of isolates containing resistance genes

iMLS

%

cMLS

%

MS

%

lnuA

ermB

ermC

msrA/B

mphC

ereA

vgaA

S. chromogenes

11

6

5

83.3

1

16.7

0

0

6

2

3

3

1

1

2

S. sciuri

9

2

0

50

1

0

1

50

2

2

0

1

0

0

0

S. warneri

2

2

0

0

0

0

2

100

2

1

0

1

1

0

0

S. haemolyticus

31

30

18

62

12

40

0

0

30

11

22

26

14

4

12

S. epidermidis

7

6

5

83.3

1

16.7

0

0

6

2

6

7

1

1

1

S. hyicus

3

3

0

0

3

100

0

0

3

3

2

2

1

1

1

S. saprophyticus

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

100

1

0

1

1

1

0

1

S. simulans

5

4

2

50

2

50

0

0

4

0

2

2

1

0

4

CoN S. aureus a

28

11

10

91

0

0

1

9

11

3

10

8

5

2

2

Total CoNS

97

65

40

61.5

20

30.8

5

7.7

65

23

46

51

25

9

23

CoP S. aureus b

121

40

38

95

2

5

0

0

40

14

38

6

27

14

10

  1. iMLS, inducible expression of clindamycin resistance
  2. cMLS, constitutive expression of clindamycin resistance
  3. MS, erythromycin-resistant, clindamycin-susceptible, no induction
  4. CoN S. aureus a, coagulase-negative S. aureus
  5. CoP S. aureus b, coagulase-positive S. aureus