Table 4.

Allelic profile of vegetable S. aureus isolates for MLST and spa typing.

Method	Criterion	No. (%) of positive isolates
		Total (n = 30)	Tomato (n = 8)	Cucumber (n = 4)	Lettuce (n = 15)	Caraway (n = 3)
MLST	ST188	7 (23.3)	1 (3.3)	3 (10.0)	3 (10.0)	–
	ST1	5 (16.7)	2 (6.7)	–	3 (10.0)	–
	ST7	5 (16.7)	–	–	4 (13.3)	1 (3.3)
	ST59	4 (13.3)	1 (3.3)	–	1 (3.3)	2 (6.7)
	ST6	3 (10.0)	1 (3.3)	1 (3.3)	1 (3.3)	–
	ST72	1 (3.3)	1 (3.3)	–	–	–
	ST398	1 (3.3)	–	–	1 (3.3)	–
	ST20	1 (3.3)	–	–		–
	ST630	1 (3.3)	–	–	1 (3.3)	–
	ST15	1 (3.3)	1 (3.3)	–	1 (3.3)	–
	ST2196	1 (3.3)	1 (3.3)	–	–	–
spa	t189	7 (23.3)	1 (3.3)	3 (10.00)	3 (10.0)	–
	t091	4 (13.3)	–	–	3 (10.0)	1 (3.3)
	t127	3 (10.0)	2 (6.7)	–	1 (3.3)	–
	t437	4 (13.3)	1 (3.3)	–	1 (3.3)	2 (6.7)
	t114	1 (3.3)	–	–	1 (3.3)	–
	t16895	1 (3.3)	–	–	1 (3.3)	–
	t1987	1 (3.3)	1 (3.3)	–	–	–
	t2874	1 (3.3)	–	–	1 (3.3)	–
	t10419	1 (3.3)	1 (3.3)	–	–	–
	t2467	1 (3.3)	–	1 (3.3)	–	–
	t701	1 (3.3)	–	–	1 (3.3)	–
	t304	1 (3.3)	1 (3.3)	–		–
	t377	1 (3.3)	–	–	1 (3.3)	–
	t803	1 (3.3)	–	–	1 (3.3)	–
	t3092	1 (3.3)	1 (3.3)	–	–	–
	t034	1 (3.3)	–	–	1 (3.3)	–