TABLE 1.

Comparison of PFGE types with the types in existing databases as well as with different methods of typing^a

Heidelberg PFGE type	German Reference Center for Staphylococci strain	International nomenclature	British endemic strain(s)	MLST type	spa typeb
F	Rhine-Hessen		EMRSA-3	ST5	t001, t002, t010, t045, t053, to62, t105, t178, t179, t187, t214, t319, t389, t443
F		New York, Japan
F		Pediatric
S	North German	Iberian	EMRSA-5	ST247	t008, t051, t052, t054, t200
AI	Wienna	Brazilian	EMRSA-4/7	ST239	t037
Q	South German			ST228	t001, t188, t201
Q				ST222
G				ST5
G	Berlin			ST45	t004, t015, t031, t03, t050, t065, t204, t230, t3908
AM	c-MRSA			ST80	t044
M			EMRSA-16	ST36	t018
Not detected	Hannover		EMRSA-10	ST254	t008, t009
Not detected	Barnim		EMRSA-15	ST22	t005, t022, t030, t032, t223, t417

^aData are from previous reports (11, 24, 33).

^bUnderscores indicate most frequent types.