Table 1.

Contributing hospitals

Clinical microbiology laboratory	Location (city and county)	First sample date	Last sample date	Number of mecA:mecC MRSA
Royal Preston Hospital	Preston, Lancashire	October 2011	June 2012	335 : 0
Countess of Chester Hospital	Chester, Cheshire	November 2011	August 2012	335 : 0
Nottingham Universities Hospitals	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire	January 2012	May 2012	333 : 2
Musgrove Hospital	Taunton, Somerset	November 2011	May 2012	333 : 2
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust	Truro, Cornwall	November 2011	July 2012	333 : 2
Addenbrooke's Hospital	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire	April 2012	June 2012	332 : 3