. 2002 Aug;40(8):3093–3097. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.8.3093-3097.2002

TABLE 1.

MRSA strains, their mode of acquisition, host ethnicity, and PFGE and mec region types

Isolate	Acquisition	Ethnicity	PFGE type	mec region type
K703484^a	Hospital	Caucasian	G1	3
B8-31^a	Pathcentre		K	6
J710566^a	Nursing home	Caucasian	C	6
A803355^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	2
A806533^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	2
A823547^a	Community	Aboriginal	A1	2
A830538^a	Community	Caucasian	A0	2
B826559^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	2
C801535^a	Hospital	Caucasian	D	8
B827549^a	Nursing home	Caucasian	E	4
C810534^a	Community	Caucasian	A1	2
D808118^a	Hospital	Caucasian	L	4
D817541^a	Community	Caucasian	A0	2
D821522^a	Community	Polynesian	A2	2
D828354^a	Hospital	Caucasian	E	4
D828570^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	1
E802537^a	Community	Polynesian	A3	1
E803543^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	1
E804531^a	Hospital	Caucasian	I	1
E822547^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	1
E822485^a	Hospital	Caucasian	B	13
F810539^a	Community	Caucasian	A0	1
F829549^a	Community	Caucasian	D	1
G821561^a	Community	Polynesian	A1	1
G823530^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	2
F809715^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	1
F809718^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	1
H823537^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	2
I823541^a	Hospital	Caucasian	G2	3
I802552^a	Hospital	Polynesian	A4	2
I816601^a	Community	Polynesian	A0	2
K705613^a	Hospital (GR)^c	Caucasian	F2	5
K711532^a	Hospital (GR)	Caucasian	F3	5
K714372^a	Hospital (GR)	Caucasian	F4	5
E812560^a	Hospital	Caucasian	J	3
66460/98	Community	New Zealander	A0	7
67043/98	Community	New Zealander	A0	4
IP00M3616	Community	Polynesian	A7	7
IP00M11030	Community	Polynesian	A0	6
IP00M11247	Community	Polynesian	A0	1
IP00M16156	Community	Polynesian	A6	7
IP00M16287	Hospital	Polynesian	A5	2
IP00M17427	Community	Polynesian	A0	2
IP01M2090	Community	New Zealander	A5	1
66593/98	Community	Caucasian	A0	1
IP00M3393	Community	Caucasian	A0	1
IP00M3360	Hospital	Caucasian	A0	1
IP00M15446	Community	Caucasian	R	1
IP00M16759	Community	Caucasian	A5	1
IP00M17753	Community	Torres Strait Islander	R1	1
IP01M430	Community	Caucasian	R	1
IP01M1984	Hospital	Caucasian	A0	1
68284/98	Community	Polynesian	A5	3
73742/99	Community	New Zealander	A5	1
IP00M11998	Community	Caucasian	R	1
IP00M13517	Hospital	Caucasian	S2	9
IP01M1081	Hospital	Caucasian	Q	2
IP01M2046	Hospital	Caucasian	P1	1
IP00M14848	Hospital	Caucasian	S1	3
IP01M81	Hospital	Caucasian	S	10
IP00M14235	Hospital	Caucasian	O	3
IP00M17006	Hospital	Caucasian	S	12
PA01M18489	Hospital (EMRSA-15)	Caucasian	—^b	11

Previously described strains (14).

The pulsotype of this isolate was essentially identical to that of the EMRSA-15 strain described by O'Neill et al. (18).

GR, gentamicin resistant (15).