Table 1.

Detailed comparison of typing methods

Patient no.	Strain no.a	Type of specimen	PFGE type	SCRA type	DL type	Antibiotic profile
1	15*	Nares (admit)	1	10	C	B
	16*	Skin	1	1	C	B
2	7	Nares (admit)	2	10	C	B
	6	Surgical wound	2	10	C	B
3	18	Nares (admit)	13	6	H	C
	17	Abscess	13	6	H	C
4	2	Nares	5	7	G	C
	1	Other tissue	5	7	G	C
5	8	Nares (admit)	10	10	E	B
	9	Abscess	10	10	E	B
6	21	Nares	1	10	C	D
	20	Abscess	1	10	C	D
7	23*	Nares (admit)	1	7	C	D
	24*	Abscess	1	10	C	D
8	19	Nares	1	10	C	B
	22	Abscess	1	10	C	B
9	5	Nares	1	10	C	B
	14	Abscess	1	10	C	B
10	4*	Nares (admit)	15	7	C	B
	3*	Superficial	14	10	C	B
11	10	Nares (admit)	12	6	H	C
	11	Other wound	2	10	C	D
12	13	Nares (admit)	10	10	E	B
	12	Surgical wound	10	10	E	B
13	38	Nares (admit)	1	10	C	B
	39	Abscess	1	10	C	B
14	41*	Nares (admit)	16	6	G	C
	47*	Other tissue	16	6	G	N
15	79	Nares (admit)	12	7	H	K
	80	Other tissue	10	10	E	R
16	26	Nares	5	2	G	O
	25	Wound	1	10	C	B
17	44	Nares (admit)	8	6	G	L
	35	Surgical wound	8	6	G	L
18	33*	Nares (admit)	4	10	C	W
	40*	Abscess	1	10	C	D
19	43	Nares	1	10	C	D
	42	Abscess	1	10	C	D
20	36	Nares	18	10	C	D
	31	Abscess	18	10	C	D
21	32	Nares	5	7	G	C
	45	Other wound	5	7	G	C
22	37	Nares (admit)	21	6	G	C
	46	Surgical wound	5	7	G	C
23	27	Nares (admit)	1	10	C	D
	28	Abscess	1	10	C	D
24	48	Nares	3	10	C	Q
	34	Other wound	3	10	C	Q
25	30	Nares (admit)	5	3	G	O
	29	Other wound	4	7	A	A
26	70	Nares (admit)	1	10	C	B
	69	Abscess	1	10	C	R
27	55	Nares (admit)	19	4	G	C
	76	Ulcer	19	4	G	C
28	78	Nares (admit)	20	10	D	A
	52	Other wound	20	10	D	A
29	64	Nares (discharge)	7	7	G	C
	65	Other wound	7	9	G	C
30	75*	Nares (discharge)	1	10	C	L
	54*	Superficial	9	10	E	B
31	59	Nares	9	10	A	D
	58	Other wound	9	10	A	D
32	66	Nares (admit)	1	8	C	D
	67	Abscess	1	8	C	D
33	71	Nares	1	10	C	B
	61	Abscess	1	10	C	B
34	68	Nares (admit)	1	10	C	B
	49	Other wound	1	10	C	B
35	74*	Nares	1	10	C	W
	73*	Abscess	1	10	C	L
36	72	Nares (admit)	9	10	E	B
	77	Other wound	9	10	E	B
37	57	Nares (admit)	6	4	G	L
	60	Abscess	6	4	G	L
38	63	Nares (discharge)	4	7	C	B
	62	Other wound	4	7	C	L
39	56	Nares	12	6	H	L
	53	Other wound	12	6	H	L
40	51	Nares (discharge)	11	6	B	G
	50	Wound	11	6	B	G

^aAsterisks indicate pairs that are not in the same groups for all typing methods.