Dissemination and Molecular Characterization of Staphylococcus aureus at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Xiamen City, China

Table 2

MLST, MLMT, and PFGE cluster analysis of 108 S. aureus strains.

MLST	MLMT	PFGE clusters	PFGE types	Counts
ST1	MT-10	C8	P44, 39, 31	3
ST5	MT-6	C5, C8, C13	P12; P23, 41, 43; P102	5
ST6	MT-1, MT3	C8	P36, 27, 30, 33, 35, 28, 37, 38, 29	9
ST7	MT-4	C8	P32, 20, 34, 26, 25, 40	6
ST8	MT-12	C5, C6	P9, 10; P16	3
ST9	MT-18	C13	P16	1
ST15	MT-8, MT-12	C12	P97, 98, 99, 100, 101	5
ST20	MT-11	C5	P13	1
ST22	MT-19	C2	P5	1
ST25	MT-14	C7	P17, 19	2
ST30	MT-9	C3, C11	P6; P87	2
ST45	MT-17	C4	P8	1
ST59	MT-2	C11	P95, 93, 96, 88, 90, 91, 89, 94, 92, 86, 87	11
ST72	MT-16	C9	P58	1
ST88	MT-7	C14	P104, 105, 106, 107, 108	5
ST121	MT-13	C1	P1, 2, 4	3
ST188	MT-5	C8	P45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56	12
ST239	MT-1	C6, C10	P15; P59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86	27
ST630	MT-15	C5; C9	P11; P57	2
ST837	MT-13	C1	P3	1
ST943	MT-4	C8	P21, 22, 24	3
ST965	MT-20	C8	P42	1
ST1281	MT-11	C5	P14	1
ST2631	MT-11	C10	P76	1
ST2805	MT-14	C7	P18	1