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 |