Table 2.
Epidemic CA-MRSA clones and their geographical distribution obtained from Udo et al. [81] and Mediavilla et al. [99]
| Sequence types |
SCCmec | Countries where they have been reported |
|---|---|---|
| ST1 | IV | Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Pakistan, Romania, Samoa, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA |
| ST5 | IV/V/VI | Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Azores, Cameroon, Canary Islands, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Samoa, Senegal, Spain, Switzerland, UK |
| ST8 | IV/V/VI | Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, Canary Islands, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Madagascar, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Samoa, South Korea, |
| Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA, Uruguay, Venezuela | ||
| ST30 | IV/V | Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canary Islands, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Madagascar, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA, Uruguay |
| ST45 | IV/V/VI | Australia, Azores, Belgium, Germany, Hong Kong, Switzerland |
| ST59 | IV/V | Australia, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, UK, USA, Vietnam |
| ST72 | IV/V | Czech Republic, Germany, Portugal, South Korea, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, USA |
| ST80 | IV | Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, UK |
| ST88 | IV/V | Angola, Cameroon, China, Gabon, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Mali, The Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Portugal, Senegal, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, UK |
| ST93 | IV | Australia, Czech Republic, Finland, Italy, The Netherlands, Samoa, UK |
| ST97 | IV/V | Brazil, Canary Islands, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Kuwait, Lebanon, The Netherlands, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, UK, USA |
| ST152 | V | Austria, Canary Islands, Denmark, Germany, Kosovo, Macedonia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland |
| ST772 | IV/V | Australia, Bangladesh, Finland, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, The Netherlands, UK |