Table 4 Molecular characteristics of 181 community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates stratified by the pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns

27 (14.9)

119 (65.7)

3 (1.7)

17 (9.4)

6 (3.3)

4 (2.2)

2 (1.1)

1 (0.6)

2 (1.1)

IV

V_T (112), IV (6), V (1)

IV

IV

IV

IV

II, IV

IV

IV, V

0

118

0

0

6

4

0

0

0

59 (4/5), 2844^a (1/5)

59 (4/5), 2842^a (1/5)

573 (1/1)

45 (1/3), 508^b (2/3)

30 (2/2)

8 (1/1)

89 (1/1)

2843^c

45 (1/1)

t437 (5/6), t441^d (1/6)

t437 (7/9), t441 (1/9), t4145^d (1/9)

t3525 (1/1)

t026 (1/4), t015 (2/4), t550 (1/4)

t019 (2/3), t1752^e (1/3)

t008 (2/2)

t375 (1/1)

t015 (1/1)

t1081 (2/2)