Fig 4.

MLVA subtyping of ST2, ST5, and ST23 strains. Dendrogram built with START2 software, using the unweighted-pair group method using average linkages (UPGMA) method. For each strain belonging to STs 2, 5, and 23, ST, MLVA digit, MLVA number, patient identifier (anonymized by single-letter coding) for patients with multiple ST2, ST5, and ST23 strains isolated and analyzed, vancomycin MIC, and teicoplanin MIC are shown. Resistant strains according to EUCAST 2012 are shown in white against a black background. *, only patients with more than two S. epidermidis isolates are shown; V, vancomycin; T, teicoplanin.