Table 1. Profiles of NAS and SCCmec types of methicillin-resistant NAS strains isolated from poultry slaughterhouses

NAS (n=isolates)	mecA positive (%)	mec gene	ccr gene	SCCmec type
CoVS (19)
Staphylococcus agnetis (17)	-	-	-	-
Staphylococcus chromogenes (2)	-	-	-	-
CoNS (81)
Staphylococcus arlettae (8)	-	-	-	-
Staphylococcus epidermidis (1)	1 (100)	B	A2B2	SCCmec IV
Staphylococcus lentus (11)	6 (54.5)	Multi	-	NT
		Multi	-
		Multi	-
		Multi	-
		Multi	-
		Multi	Multi
Staphylococcus simulans (49)	8 (16.3)	B	A1B6	NT
		B	A1B1	SCCmec I
		B	-	NT
		B	A1B1	SCCmec I
		B	-	NT
		-	A1B6	NT
		E	-	NT
		A	A1B1	NT
Staphylococcus sciuri (4)	-	-	-	-
Staphylococcus urealyticus (1)	-	-	-	-
Staphylococcus warneri (3)	-	-	-	-
Staphylococcus xylosus (4)	-	-	-	-

NAS, non-aureus staphylococci; SCCmec, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec; ccr, chromosomal cassette recombinase; CoVS, coagulase-variable staphylococci; CoNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci; NT, non-typeable.