TABLE 5.

Correlation between the SCCmec types and the antibiotic susceptibility patterns of the 152 MRSA strains

SCCmec type	Predicted SCCmec type (no. [%])a					Total (no. [%])
	I	II	III	IV	NTb
I	37 (84.1)	0 (0)	2 (4.5)	5 (11.4)	0 (0)	44 (100)
II	0 (0)	15 (83.3)	1 (5.6)	1 (5.6)	1 (5.6)	18 (100)
III	3 (8.6)	1 (2.9)	30 (85.7)	1 (2.9)	0 (0)	35 (100)
IV	0 (0)	7 (13.7)	0 (0)	44 (86.3)	0 (0)	51 (100)
NTb	0 (0)	0 (0)	1 (25)	1 (25)	2 (50)	4 (100)

^aPredicted from susceptibility pattern.

^bNT, not typeable.