Table 3 Molecular characteristics of S. aureus isolates collected in this study

CC398(32)

ST398(5)

t011(3)

3

ST398(27)

t011(12)

12

t034(2)

2

t034(9)

2

7

V(2)

t1451(3)

3

t571(1)

1

t1580 (1)

1

NT(1)

1

CC59(30)

ST59(8)

t437(4)

1

3

IVa(1)

ST59(14)

t437(12)

9

IVa(5), V(4)

t441(1)

1

V(1)

t3385(1)

1

IVa(1)

t1212(1)

1

t5795(1)

1

IVa(1)

t2356(1)

1

IVa(1)

ST338(3)

t437(1)

1

t3592(1)

1

V(1)

t1751(2)

2

V(1),NT(1)

ST338(2)

t1751(2)

2

ST1778(2)

t437(1)

1

ST2041(1)

t13874(1)

1

t2365(1)

1

IVa(1)

CC188(30)

ST188(13)

t189(12)

12

ST188(17)

t189(16)

1

15

IVa(1)

t4950(1)

1

t2174(1)

1

CC45(25)

ST45(13)

t116(10)

8

2

IVa(8)

ST45(10)

t116(7)

6

1

IVa(6)

t015(1)

1

IVa(1)

t026(1)

1

IVa(1)

t2131(1)

1

IVa(1)

t157(1)

1

IVa(1)

NT(1)

1

IVa(1)

t3349(1)

1

IVa(1)

ST508(2)

t1203(1)

1

NT(1)

t908(1)

1

IVa(1)

CC5(17)

ST5(6)

t002(3)

3

ST5(8)

t2358(2)

2

IVa(2)

t954(1)

1

t548(1)

1

t6212(1)

1

t777(1)

1

t2358(1)

1

IVa(1)

t1265(1)

1

ST965(1)

t062(1)

1

IVa(1)

t179(1)

1

t2980(1)

1

t9987(1)

1

ST764(1)

t1084(1)

1

II(1)

ST2633(1)

t010(1)

1

CC7(17)

ST7(4)

t091(4)

4

ST7(10)

t091(7)

7

t867(1)

1

t2874(1)

1

t3932(1)

1

ST5489(1)

t091(1)

1

ST789(1)

t2453(1)

1

ST4457(1)

t796(1)

1

CC88(16)

ST88(8)

t1376(4)

1

3

II(1)

ST88(8)

t1376(3)

1

2

IVa(1)

t2592(1)

1

IVa(1)

t4333(2)

2

t3622(1)

1

NT(3)

3

t15796(1)

1

NT(1)

1

CC1(14)

ST1(4)

t127(1)

1

ST1(8)

t127(5)

1

4

NT(1)

t2207(3)

3

NT(3)

t2207(2)

2

NT(2)

ST610(1)

t2207(1)

1

II(1)

t114(1)

1

ST2583(1)

t1381(1)

1

IVa(1)

CC8(9)

ST239(3)

t030(2)

2

III(2)

ST239(3)

t030(2)

2

III(2)

t037(1)

1

III(1)

t037(1)

1

III(1)

ST630(2)

t377(1)

1

t4549(1)

1

ST5492(1)

t1987(1)

1

CC2580(6)

ST2580(5)

t3351(4)

4

IVa(1), IVc(3)

ST2580(1)

t3351(1)

1

IVc(1)

t4875(1)

1

IVc(1)

CC72(6)

ST72(2)

t148(2)

2

ST72(4)

t148(3)

3

t3092(1)

1

CC121(5)

ST121(4)

t269(1)

1

ST120(1)

t2613(1)

1

NT(1)

t162(2)

2

t159(1)

1

CC15(4)

ST15(1)

t1492(1)

1

ST15(1)

t085(1)

1

ST4438(2)

t084(2)

2

CC97(3)

ST464(1)

t3992(1)

1

ST97(1)

t267(1)

1

ST464(1)

t3904(1)

1

CC2196(3)

ST4435(1)

t037(1)

1

IVa(1)

ST2196(2)

NT(2)

2

CC9(2)

ST9(1)

t899(1)

1

ST9(1)

t899(1)

1

I(1)

CC509(2)

ST509(2)

t375(2)

1

1

IVa(1)

CC1281(2)

ST1281(2)

t164(2)

2

CC25(2)

ST5493(1)

t12584(1)

1

ST25(1)

t280(1)

1

Singletons(2)

ST6(1)

t304(1)

1

IVa(1)

ST944(1)

t616(1)

1