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. 2005 May;43(5):2380–2383. doi: 10.1128/JCM.43.5.2380-2383.2005

TABLE 1.

Clonal distribution of MSSA strains related to major MRSA lineages

Clonal complex No. of strains
% blaZ positive
Total blaZ gene positivea
CC1 9 8 89
CC5 8 6 (2) 75
CC8 5 3 (2) 60
CC22 10 8 80
CC30 10 8 (4) 80
CC45 11 8 73
Total 53 41 (8) 77
a

The values in parentheses are numbers of strains producing β-lactamase constitutively.