TABLE 4 .
Comparison of the subtype predictions of SCCmec types IV (2B) and V (5C2) from the clinical data set by the three SCCmec typing methods
| Strain | ST/spa type |
SCCmec typing result |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| PCR-based protocola | SCCmecFinder | ||
| 75178 | ST772/t657 | NT | Va (5C2) |
| 75024 | ST152/t355 | NT | Vnt (5C2&5) |
| 75336 | ST152/t355 | NT | Vc (5C2&5) |
| 75054 | ST398/t034 | NT | Vc (5C2&5) |
| 75339 | ST398/t011 | NT | Vc (5C2&5) |
| 75049 | ST398/t034 | NT | Vc (5C2&5) |
| 75013 | ST30/t019 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75050 | ST30/t019 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75055 | ST30/t1752 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75061 | ST30/t019 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75181 | ST5/t002 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75208 | ST30/t019 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75108 | ST45/t026 | IVa (2B) | IVa (2B) |
| 75150 | ST45/t026 | IVa (2B) | IVa (2B) |
| 75126 | ST45/t362 | IVb (2B) | IVb (2B) |
| 75127 | ST45/t362 | IVb (2B) | IVb (2B) |
| 75052 | ST87/t216 | NT | IVg (2B) |
| 75101 | ST87/t216 | NT | IVg (2B) |
| 75015 | ST22/t032 | NT | IVnt (2B)b |
| 75129 | ST22/t022 | NT | IVnt (2B)b |
| 75203 | ST22/t032 | NT | IVnt (2B)b |
| 75211 | ST22/t379 | NT | IVnt (2B)b |
| 75098 | ST5/t1062 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75180 | ST5/t002 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75019 | ST5/t002 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75125 | ST5/t002 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75182 | ST5/t002 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75201 | ST30/t019 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75103 | ST30/t012 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75319 | ST8/t008 | IVa (2B) | IVa (2B) |
| 75056 | ST8/t008 | IVc (2B) | IVc (2B) |
| 75100 | ST8/t008 | NT | IVnt (2B)c |
| 75147 | ST1/t127 | IVa (2B) | IVa (2B) |
| 75058 | ST6/t4403 | IVa (2B) | IVa (2B) |
| 75209 | ST88/t690 | IVa (2B) | IVa (2B) |
a
The PCR-based SCCmec typing protocol described by Kondo et al. (6).
b
Subtype either IVh (2B) or IVj (2B).
c
Contradictory subtype prediction.