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Staphylococcus aureus - NRS70
Other designations ( N315 )
Demographic Information:
 Country/State: Japan  Date of Isolation: 01/01/1982
 Patient Age: N/A  Gender: N/A
 Patient Location: N/A  Patient Service: N/A
 Culture Source: Respiratory
 Phenotypic Properties:  Resistant to erythromycin and spectinomycin
 Genotypic Properties:  N/A
 Literature Citation:  Kuroda, M., et al. Whole genome sequencing of
 meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. The
 Lancet 2001;357:1225-1240.
 Comment: N/A
 Description:  Methicillin-resistant strain isolated in 1982; whole genome sequenced at the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Tokyo.
 Repositories: 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 = 0.5 S
Clindamycin > 4 R
Erythromycin > 8 R
Gentamicin = 1 S
Linezolid = 1 S
Oxacillin > 16 R
Penicillin > 2 R
Quinupristin/dalfopristin = 0.5 S
Teicoplanin = 0.25 S
Trimeth/sulfa <= 0.25/4.75 S
Vancomycin = 0.5 S
PCR Result
mecA POSITIVE