TABLE 2.
Resolution and distribution of PFGE patterns of 595 MRSA isolates from six major hospitals in Taiwan, 2000-2001
| Hospital | No. of isolates | No. of genotypes | No. of type-subtypes | Type A
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Type B
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Type C
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Type D
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No. (%) of isolates of other types | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) of isolates | No. of subtypes | No. (%) of isolates | No. of subtypes | No. (%) of isolates | No. of subtypes | No. (%) of isolates | No. of subtypes | |||||
| I | 91 | 15 | 31 | 59 (65) | 32 | 0 | 0 | 7 (8) | 7 | 12 (13) | 8 | 13 (14) |
| II | 85 | 6 | 18 | 76 (89) | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (4) | 3 | 6 (7) |
| III | 107 | 6 | 29 | 85 (79) | 23 | 0 | 0 | 11 (10) | 9 | 8 (8) | 5 | 3 (3) |
| IV | 100 | 6 | 24 | 89 (89) | 52 | 4 (4) | 2 | 2 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5) |
| V | 112 | 6 | 22 | 78 (70) | 43 | 16 (14) | 7 | 13 (12) | 11 | 3 (3) | 3 | 2 (2) |
| VI | 100 | 15 | 39 | 46 (46) | 36 | 9 (9) | 9 | 22 (22) | 17 | 9 (9) | 6 | 14 (14) |
| Total | 595 | 31 | 97 | 433 (73) | 221 | 29 (5) | 18 | 55 (9) | 45 | 35 (6) | 25 | 43 (7) |