Table 1 Characteristics of MRSA isolates in study
| Â | Representative clinical isolates | ST239 MRSA reference strains | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | HK97 | HK07 | BJ02 | BJ07 | TW20_London_2003 | T0131_Tianjin_2006 | JKD6008_NewZealand_2003 |
CC | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
ST | 239 | 239 | 239 | 239 | 239 | 239 | 239 |
spa | t037 | t037 | t030 | t030 | t037 | t030 | t037 |
SpA-repeats | 15-12-16-2-25-17-24 | 15-12-16-2-25-17-24 | 15-12-16-2-24-24 | 15-12-16-2-24-24 | 15-12-16-2-25-17-24 | 15-12-16-2-24-24 | 15-12-16-2-25-17-24 |
SCCmec type | III | III | III | III | III | III | III |