|
spatypea
|
Number of isolates
|
Ridom spatypeb
|
PVL gene
|
CMRSA
|
USA equivalent
|
|---|
|
Patient rooms:
|
(n = 7)
| | | | |
|
2c
|
85.7% (6)
|
t002
|
No
|
2
|
100
|
|
437d
|
14.3% (1)
|
t003
|
No
|
2
|
100
|
|
General environment:
|
(n = 6)
| | | | |
|
2
|
83.3% (5)
|
t002
|
No
|
2
|
100
|
|
1
|
16.7% (1)
|
t008
|
Yes
|
10
|
300
|
|
Patientse:
|
(n = 46)
| | | | |
|
2f
|
65.2% (30)
|
t002
|
No
|
2
|
100
|
|
437
|
13% (6)
|
t003
|
No
|
2
|
100
|
|
Newg
|
6.5% (3)
|
Not assigned
|
No
|
Not assigned
|
Not assigned
|
|
1
|
4.3% (2)
|
t008
|
Yes
|
10
|
300
|
|
7
|
2.2% (1)
|
Not assigned
|
No
|
Not assigned
|
Not assigned
|
|
12
|
2.2% (1)
|
t062
|
No
|
2
|
100
|
|
23
|
2.2% (1)
|
t548
|
No
|
2
|
100
|
|
771h
|
2.2% (1)
|
t2104
|
Yes
|
Not assigned
|
Not assigned
|
|
New
|
2.2% (1)
|
t3618
|
No
|
Not assigned
|
Not assigned
|
- n = number of isolates.
- PVL = Panton-Valentine leukocidin.
- CMRSA = Canadian epidemic meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
-
a
spa types classified according to eGenomics (http://tools.egenomics.com).
-
b
spa types classified according to the Ridom system (http://www.spaserver.ridom.de).
-
c Five isolates recovered from five unexposed rooms; one isolate recovered from one MRSA exposed room.
-
d One isolate recovered from one unexposed room.
-
e For three MRSA exposed rooms, the patient’s MRSA isolate was not collected.
-
f Five MRSA isolates are from MRSA exposed rooms that were sampled.
-
g One patient isolate from a MRSA exposed room.
-
h Patient isolate from a MRSA exposed room.
