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. 2015 Apr 30;6:348. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00348

Table 2.

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones reported in 34 eligible studies.

Country Clonal type ST-SCCmec Clonal complex spa type PVL status agr References
Algeria ST80-IV [2B] 80 ND + III Ramdani-bouguessa et al., 2006
ST37-IVa [2B] 30 ND + III
ST239-III [3A] 5 ND I
ST239-IVa [2B] 5 ND I
ST241-III [3A] 5 ND I
ST637-III [3A] 5 ND I
ST5-IV, IVa [2B] 5 ND +, − II
ST635-IV [2B] 80 ND III
ST636-NT 22 ND I
ST80-IV [2B] 80 t044 + ND Bekkhoucha et al., 2009
ST239-III [3A] 5 t037 ND
ST5-IVa [2B] 5 t311, t450 ND
ST88-NT 88 t188, t267 ND
ST80-IV [2B] 80 t044, t4143 + III Antri et al., 2011
ST241-III [3A] 5 ND III
ST8-V [5C] 5 ND I
ST80-IVc [2B] 80 ND +, − ND Djoudi et al., 2013
ST39-II [2A] 30 ND ND
Angola ST5-IVa [2B] 5 t105, t311, t11657 II Conceição et al., 2014
ST8-IVd, V [2B] 5 t104, t1774 I
ST72-V [5C] 5 t3092 I
ST88-IVa [2B] 88 t186, t325, t786, III
t1951, t3869
ST5-V [5C] 5 t6065 II
ST2629-V [5C] 5 t6065 II
ST789-V [5C] 7 t091 II
Cameroon ST5-V [5C] 5 t311 + II Breurec et al., 2011b
ST88-IV [2B] 88 t186 III
ST8-IV [2B] 5 t024, t121, t451 + I
ST1289-V [5C] 88 t1339 + III
Egypt ST80-IVc [2B] 80 t042, t044, t070, t983 + III Enany et al., 2010
ST30-IVa [2B] 30 t251, t318 + III
ST1010-Xa 121 t159, t312 + IV
Gabon ST8-IV [2B] 5 t121 + I Schaumburg et al., 2011; Ateba Ngoa et al., 2012
ST88-IV [2B] 88 t186 III
ST5-IV [2B] 5 t653 II
ST5-IV [2B] 5 t653 ND Schaumburg et al., 2014
ST8-NT 5 t112, t121 + ND
ST45-V [5C] 45 t437, t8860 ND
ST88-IV [2B] 88 t4195 ND
Ghana ST72-V [5C] 5 t537 ND Egyir et al., 2013
ST8-V [5C] 5 t064 ND
ST88-IV [2B] 88 t325, t1951, t2649 ND
ST72-V [5C] 5 t537 ND Egyir et al., 2014b
ST8-IV [2B] 5 t121 + ND
ST239-III [3A] 5 t037 ND
ST250-I [1B] 5 t928 ND
ST2021-V [5C] 5 t024 ND
ST88-IV [2B] 88 t186 ND
ST789-IV [2B] 7 t547 + ND
ST508-V [5C] 45 t5132 ND Egyir et al., 2014a
Kenya ST239-III [3A] 5 t037 ND Aiken et al., 2014
Madagascar ST8-IV [2B] 5 t121 + I Breurec et al., 2011b
ST30-V [5C] 30 t4686 III
ST88-IV [2B] 88 t186 III
Morocco ST239, ST241-III [3A] 5 t037, t138 I
ST5-IV [2B] 5 t311 + II
Niger ST239, ST241-III [3A] 5 t138 I
ST239, ST241-V [5C] 5 t037 I
ST88-IV [2B] 88 t186 III
Nigeria ST8-IV [2B] 5 ND ND Adesida et al., 2005
ST88-IV [2B] 88 t186 + III Ghebremedhin et al., 2009
ST241-IV [2B] 5 t037 I
ST250-I [1B] 5 t194, t292 I
ST241-III [3A] 5 t037 ND Shittu et al., 2011
ST8-V [5C] 5 t064 ND
ST8-V [5C] 5 t451 ND
ST94-IV [2B] 5 t008 ND
ST5-V [5C] 5 t002 ND
ST241-III [3A] 5 t037 ND Shittu et al., 2012
ST88-IV [2B] 88 t729, t1603 ND
ST37-III [3A] 30 t074 ND
ST39-II [2A] 30 t007 ND
ST8-V [5C], IV [2B], ST8-NT 5 t064 ND
ST152-NT 152 t4690 + ND
ST1-V [5C] 5 ND + ND Raji et al., 2013
ST239-III[3A]mercury 5 ND ND
ST5-II [2A] 5 ND ND
ST8-V [5C] 5 ND ND
ST247-I [1B] 5 ND ND
ST772-V [5C] 5 ND + ND
ST88-IV [2B] 88 ND ND
ST241-III [3A] 5 ND ND Okon et al., 2009
Senegal ST5-IV [2B]* 5 t311 + ND Fall et al., 2012
ST88-IV [2B]* 88 t3489 ND
ST239, ST241-III [3A] 5 t037, t138 I Breurec et al., 2011b
ST5-II [2A] 5 t311 + II
ST5-IV [2B] 5 t311 + II
ST88-IV [2B] 88 t168 III
South Africa ST5-IV [2B] 5 ND ND ND Essa et al., 2009
ST8-IV [2B] 5 ND ND ND
ST8-II [2A] 5 ND ND ND
ST239-III [3A] 5 ND ND ND
ST45-IV [2B] 45 ND ND ND
ST612-IV [2B] 5 ND ND Goering et al., 2008
ST36-II [2A] 30 ND ND
ST1173-IV [2B] 5 t064 ND Shittu et al., 2009
ST1338-IV [2B] 5 t064 ND
ST239-III [3A] 5 t037 ND
ST5-III [3A] 5 t045 ND
ST239-III [3A] 5 t037 ND Moodley et al., 2010
ST612-IV [2B] 5 t064 ND
ST5-I [1B] 5 t045 ND
ST22-IV [2B] 22 t032 ND
ST22-IV [2B] 22 t891 + ND
ST36-II [2A] 30 t012 ND
ST239-III [3A] 5 t037 ND Jansen van Rensburg et al., 2011
ST5-I [1B] 5 t045 ND ND
ST650-IV [2B] 5 t002 ND ND
ST612-IV [2B] 5 t064, t1443, t2196 ND ND
ST72-NT 5 t3092 ND ND
ST22-IV [2B] 22 t032 ND ND
ST36-II [2A] 30 t012, t021 ND ND
ST5-I [1B] 5 t002 II Oosthuysen et al., 2014
ST8-V [5C] 5 t064 I
ST612-IV [2B] 5 t064 + I
ST239-III [3A] 5 t021 I
ST22-V [5C] 22 t891 + I
ST22-IV [2B] 22 t891 I
ST36-II [2A] 30 t021 III
São Tome ST5-IVa [2B] 5 t105 II Conceição et al., 2013
and Príncipe ST105-II [2A] 5 t002 II
ST8-V [5C] 5 t451 I
ST8-IV [2B] 5 t451 I
ST88-IVa [2B] 88 t186, t786 III
Tunisia ST80-IV [2B] 80 t044 + III Ben Nejma et al., 2009
ST80-IV [2B] 80 t044 + III Ben Nejma et al., 2013
ST728-IVc [2B] 80 t042, t044 + III Kechrid et al., 2011
ST8-IVc [2B] 5 t062 + II
ST80-IVc [2B] 80 t203 + III Ben Slama et al., 2011
ST1-NT 5 t035 III Ben Jomàa-Jemili et al., 2013
ST247-I [1B] 5 t040 I
ST239-III [3A] 5 t003 I
ST241-III [3A] 5 t125 I
ST97-NT 5 t003 I
ST1819-I [1B] 5 NS I
ST80-IVc [2B] 80 t070 + III
ST2563-IVc [2B] 80 t070 + III
ST1440-IVc [2B] 80 t070 + III
ST80-IVc [2B] 80 t1021 II
ST80-IVc [2B] 80 ND III
ST22-NT 22 t998 II
ST45-NT 45 ND I
ST153-NT 80 NST + III
ST153-NT 80 t044 ND III Gharsa et al., 2012

agr, Accessory gene regulator; CC, Clonal complex; NT, Non typeable; ND, Not determined; NST, New spa type; PVL, Panton-Valentine Leukocidin genes; SCCmec, Staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec element; ST, Sequence type; spa, Staphylococcus aureus protein A gene; Xa, Unknown SCCmec type other than I, II, III, IV or V;

*

Clones isolated from pigs;

+, PVL positive; −, PVL negative.