TABLE 2.

International comparison of spa types commonly associated with Canadian methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains 1–10 (CMRSA1-10)

Ridom spa type	Canadian epidemic type	MLST (CC)	Other associated MRSA clones*
t002	CMRSA2	ST5 (CC5)	CC5, Rhine Hesse MRSA (prototype), EMRSA-3, New York clone, Japan clone, Pediatric, USA100 ORSA II, USA800 ORSA IV, ST 5 ORSA I
t004	CMRSA1	ST45 (CC45)	CC45, Berlin MRSA (prototype), USA600 ORSA II, USA600 ORSA IV
t008	CMRSA9, CMRSA10	ST8 (CC8)	CC8, Northern German MRSA (subclone), USA300 ORSA IV (cMRSA in the United States), Archaic/Iberian, ST250 ORSA I
t018	CMRSA4	ST36 (CC30)	CC30, prototype of ST-36, EMRSA-16, USA200 ORSA II
t032	CMRSA8	ST22 (CC22)	Barnim MRSA (prototype & subclone), EMRSA-15, prototype of ST-22, CC22
t037	CMRSA3	ST241 (CC8)	CC8/239, Vienna MRSA, Brazilian/Hungarian, ST239 ORSA III, ST240 ORSA III, EMRSA-1, -4, -7, -9, -11
t064	CMRSA5	ST8 (CC8)	CC8, Archaic/Iberian, USA500 ORSA IV, USA500 ORSA II, ST8 ORSA I, ST8 ORSA IV, ST8 ORSA III
t128	CMRSA7	ST1 (CC1)	ST1 (related to USA400/MW2)

^*Obtained from the Ridom Web site <http://www.spaserver.ridom.de> (10). CC Clonal complex; cMRSA Community-acquired MRSA; MLST Multilocus sequence typing