TABLE 2.

Bacterial isolates used as blinded samples

Isolate	MLST	Lineage	SCCmec	spa
05-01290	1	CC 1	MSSA	t127
06-01198	1	CC 1	MSSA	t321
06-01829	1	CC 1	MSSA	t1491
61974-Finlanda	5	CC 5	II	t002
97120a	8	CC 8	IV	t008
97151a	8	CC 8	IV	t024
97392a	8	CC 8	IV	t008
98-01442	254	CC 8	IV	t009
3680a	239	CC 239	III	t037
3717a	239	CC 239	III	t037
04-02080	239	CC 239	III	t037
06-01537-1	241	CC 239	III	t363
97118a	247	CC 8	I	t051
134/93a	247	CC 8	I	t051
97S96a	247	CC 8	I	t054
98/26821a	22	CC 22	IV	t1275
04-03100	22	CC 22	IV	t032
90/10685a	22	CC 22	IV	t022
98/10618a	22	CC 22	IV	t022
98/24344a	22	CC 22	IV	t032
99/1139a	36	CC 30	II	t018
06-02026	34	CC 30	MSSA	t136
96/32010a	36	CC 30	II	t018
99/159a	36	CC 30	II	t018
AO 17934/97a	30	CC 30	IV	t021
06-01057	617	ST 617	IV	t305
825/96a	45	CC 45	IV	t004
02-02404	80	CC 80	IV	t044

^aIsolate from the Harmony collection.