Table 1. Characteristics of 103 hospital-associated MRSA isolates used in this study.

origin	oxacillin- resistantphenotype No. (%)	No. of isolates positivefor mecA (% of total)	SCCmec type (No. of isolates)
			I	II	III	IV	V
Upper respiratory tract infection	26 (100%)	26 (100%)	0	3	23	0	0
Pneumonia	21 (100%)	21 (100%)	0	2	18	1	0
Skin and soft tissue wounds	17 (100%)	17 (100%)	0	4	13	0	0
Urinary tract infection	18 (100%)	18 (100%)	0	5	13	0	0
Bacteremia	15 (100%)	15 (100%)	0	0	15	0	0
Pyothoroax	4 (100%)	4 (100%)	0	0	4	0	0
Meningitis	2 (100%)	2 (100%)	0	0	2	0	0
Total (%)	103 (100%)	103 (100%)	0 (0%)	14 (13.6%)	88 (85.4%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0%)