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Table 2 S. aureus isolates: Frequency of clonal complexes and carriage of pvl and mecA genes

From: High burden of complicated skin and soft tissue infections in the Indigenous population of Central Australia due to dominant Panton Valentine leucocidin clones ST93-MRSA and CC121-MSSA

 

Clonal complex

n (%)

pvl positive

n (%)

mecA positive

n (%)

Overall (n = 50)

 

45 (90.0)

28 (56.0)

CC1

1 (2.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

CC5

4 (8.0)

3 (75.0)

3 (75.0)

CC8

3 (6.0)

1 (33.3)

1 (33.3)

CC22

1 (2.0)

1 (100.0)

0 (0)

CC30

1 (2.0)

1 (100.0)

1 (100.0)

ST93

24 (48.0)

24 (100.0)

23 (95.8)

CC121

15 (30. 0)

15 (100.0)

0 (0)

CC88

1 (2.0)

0 (0)

0 (0)