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Table 4.

Concordance between genetic backgrounds and SCCmec IV subtypes.

Species	Comparison^a	Observed Rand index	Expected Rand index	Adjusted Rand index	Jackknife estimator (95% CI)
S. aureus	MLST, multiplex PCR	0.677	0.498	0.357	0.370 (−0.009, 0.749)
	MLST, ccrB:dru	0.818	0.501	0.636	0.652 (0.323, 0.982)
	multiplex PCR, ccrB:dru	0.803	0.488	0.616	0.628 (0.281, 0.975)
	MLST, shared subtypes	0.911	0.559	0.797	0.821 (0.416, 1.000)
S. epidermidis	MLST, multiplex PCR	0.630	0.580	0.119	0.119 (0.021, 0.217)
	MLST, ccrB:dru	0.569	0.536	0.072	0.072 (−0.065, 0.208)
	multiplex PCR, ccrB:dru	0.501	0.517	−0.032	−0.034 (−0.139, 0.071)
	MLST, shared subtypes	0.642	0.569	0.169	0.171 (−0.003, 0.346)

Marker A, Marker B