TABLE 3.

GeneChip results obtained from S. aureus strain collection 2 in two centers, compared with “classic” MLST data (7)^a

Strain code	MLST		StaphChip allelic profilea
	ST	Allelic profile	Center 1	Center 2
1	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
2	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
3	59	19-23-15-2-19-20-15	19-23-15-2-19-20-15	19-23-15-2-19-20-15
4	36	2-2-2-2-3-3-2	2-2-2-2-3-3-2	2-2-2-2-3-3-2
5	15	13-13-1-1-12-11-13	13-13-1-1-12-11-13	13-13-1-1-12-11-13
6	22	7-6-1-5-8-8-6	7-6-1-5-8-8-6	7-6-1-5-8-8-6
7	97	3-1-1-1-1-5-3	3-1-1-1-1-5-3	3-1-1-1-1-5-3
8	1	1-1-1-1-1-1-1	1-1-1-1-1-1-1	1-1-1-1-1-1-1
9	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
10	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
11	40	2-2-2-2-6-2-2	2-2-2-2-6-2-2	2-2-2-2-6-2-2
12	7	5-4-1-4-4-6-3	5-4-1-4-4-6-3	5-4-1-4-4-6-3
13	9	3-3-1-1-1-1-10	3-3-1-1-1-1-10	3-3-1-1-1-1-10
14	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
15	31	2-2-2-3-6-3-2	2-2-2-3-6-3-2	2-2-2-3-6-3-2
16	12	1-3-1-8-11-5-11	1-3-1-8-11-5-11	1-3-1-8-11-5-11
17	25	4-1-4-1-5-5-4	4-1-4-1-5-5-4	4-1-4-1-5-5-4
18	37	2-2-2-2-15-3-2	2-2-2-2-15-3-2	2-2-2-2-15-3-2
19	121	6-5-6-2-7-14-5	6-5-16-2-7-14-5	6-5-6-2-7-14-5
20	45	10-14-8-6-10-3-2	10-14-8-6-10-3-2	10-14-8-6-10-3-2
21	57	2-2-2-2-6-49-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
22	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
23	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
24	45	10-14-8-6-10-3-2	10-14-8-6-10-3-2	10-14-8-6-10-3-2
25	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
26	32	2-12-2-2-6-3-2	2-12-2-2-6-3-2	2-12-2-2-6-3-2
27	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
28	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
29	30	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2	2-2-2-2-6-3-2
30	38	2-2-10-2-3-3-2	2-2-10-2-3-3-2	2-2-10-2-3-3-2

^aST, sequence type. The number of errors per allele was two for center 1 and one for center 2. Bold indicates a major discrepant result.