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Table 2 Molecular characterization of environmental MRSA isolates obtained from an equine teaching hospital

From: Molecular epidemiology of environmental MRSA at an equine teaching hospital: introduction, circulation and maintenance

Environment

By surface* (Total N = 66)

By isolate (Total N = 71)

 

MRSA

%

MRSA

%

SCC mec typing

    

Type II

2/66

3.0%

2/71

2.8%

Type IV

60/66

90.9%

64/71

90.1%

Type V

1/66

1.5%

1/71

1.4%

Type VI

4/66

6.1%

4/71

5.6%

PFGE

    

USA 100

4/66

6.1%

4/71

5.6%

USA 300

16/66

24.2%

16/71

22.5%

USA 500

44/66

66.7%

44/71

62.0%

USA 800

7/66

10.6%

7/71

9.9%

  1. *Some surfaces were contaminated with two different isolates at the moment they were sampled; therefore, the sum of surfaces by SCCmec and PFGE will add up to more than 66.
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