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Staphylococcus aureus - NRS1
Other designations ( Mu50; ATCC 700699 )
Demographic Information:
 Country/State: Japan  Date of Isolation: 05/01/1996
 Patient Age: 4 Month(s)  Gender: Male
 Patient Location: Inpatient  Patient Service: Cardiothoracic surgery
 Culture Source: Wound
 Phenotypic Properties:  Resistant to aminoglycosides and tetracycline (minocycline)
 Genotypic Properties:  N/A
 Literature Citation:  Hiramatsu, K., et al. 1997. Journal of
 Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 40:135-136.
 Comment: N/A
 Description:  Vancomycin-intermediate strain isolated in 1996; whole genome sequenced at Juntendo University, Japan
 Repositories: Glycopeptide Intermediate Staphylococci
Antibiotic Resistant Strains (other than Glycopeptide)
Genome Sequenced Strains

S = Susceptible; R = Resistant; NS = Not Susceptible; I =Intermediate; N/A = Not Available P= Pending results
NARSA Antimicrobial Profile for Other Antimicrobial Agents Molecular Characterization Data
Drug MIC (mg/ml) CLSI Interptn
Ciprofloxacin = 16 R
Gentamicin > 16 R
Oxacillin > 32 R
Penicillin > 8 R
Quinupristin/dalfopristin = 0.12 S
Teicoplanin = 8 S
Tetracycline = 32 R
Trimeth/sulfa <= 0.12/2.28 S
Vancomycin = 8 I
PCR Result
mecA POSITIVE