TABLE 2.
Clonal distribution of MSSA strains related to other MRSA lineages
| Clonal complex | No. of strains
|
% blaZ positive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | blaZ gene positivea | ||
| CC9 | 4 | 4 | 100 |
| CC12 | 7 | 2 (1) | 29 |
| CC15 | 5 | 5 | 100 |
| CC25 | 5 | 5 (4) | 100 |
| CC51 | 4 | 4 | 100 |
| ST20 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| ST59-296 | 3 | 1 | 33 |
| ST97 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
| ST101 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| ST145-10 | 2 | 1 (1) | 50 |
| Otherb | 14 | 11 | 79 |
| Total | 50 | 36 (6) | 72 |
a
The values in parentheses are numbers of strains producing β-lactamase constitutively.
b
Other singletons are ST6, -7, -17, -19, -49, -50, -55, -182, -248, -264, -266, -301, -517, and -529.