TABLE 3.
Types of SCCmec elements carried by 44 MRSA strains isolated from 42 healthy childrena
| District or group | No. of MRSA strains tested | No. of strains with the following type of SCCmec element:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IIa | IIb | IVa | IVn | ||
| Miyagi, first | 19 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| Miyagi,a second | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Children sampled a second time in Miyagi | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyoto | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Saga | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Total | 44 | 11 | 19 | 5 | 9 |
a
Among the 236 children sampled twice, 2 children continuously carried MRSA strains, and in the second test 7 children carried newly acquired MRSA strains. Therefore, 44 MRSA strains were isolated from 42 children.