Table 2. Assignment to MLVA complex 398 (MC398), non-MC398 or no complex of MRSA and MSSA isolates derived from livestock veterinarians during the one-year study period.

Veterinarians (n  =  137)	Mean prevalence % (range)	MC398 n (%)	non-MC398 n (%)	no complex n (%)	Total
MRSA isolates	44.6 (43.1–47.1)	355 (97.3) (97%)	10 (2.7)	0 (0)	365
MSSA isolates	26.3 (22.1–29.2)	42 (19.9)	125 (59.2)	44 (20.9)	211
All S. aureus isolates	70.9 (69.1–73.0)	397 (68.9) (68.(69%)	135 (23.4)	44 (7.6)	576