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. 2008 Apr 23;46(6):1989–1995. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01173-07

TABLE 2.

Molecular characteristics of 329 Indonesian S. aureus isolates

Characteristic Total no. of isolates (%) No. of isolates per city (%)
P value
Semarang (n = 125) Surabaya (n = 204)
PFGE cluster
    A 131 (39.8) 46 (36.8) 85 (41.7) 0.448
    B 190 (57.8) 79 (63.2) 111 (54.4) 0.147
    C 8 (2.4) 0 8 (3.9) 0.026
mecA presence
    Positive 1 (0.3) 0 1 (0.5) 1.000
    Negative 328 (99.7) 125 (100) 203 (99.5)
PVL presence
    Positive 35 (10.6) 9 (7.2) 26 (12.7) 0.141
    Negative 294 (89.4) 116 (92.8) 178 (87.3)