Table 3.

Specimen types of S. aureus isolated from women and children in Guangzhou, China.

Rank	Specimen types
	BL and CSF (n = 38)						Pus from women with mastitis (n = 31)						Pus from SSTIs in children (n = 21)						Respiratory tract (n = 41)
	SPA		MLST		CCs		SPA		MLST		CCs		SPA		MLST		CCs		SPA		MLST		CCs
		%		%		%		%		%		%		%		%		%		%		%		%
1	t437	21.1	ST1	15.8	CC5	39.5	t437	22.6	ST59	19.4	CC5	35.5	t437	33.3	ST59	28.6	CC59	57.1	t437	14.6	ST59	17.1	CC5	36.6
2	t116	10.5	ST59	13.2	CC59	31.6	t114	6.5	ST338	12.9	CC59	32.3	t114	4.8	ST338	23.8	CC5	14.3	t116	7.3	ST45	14.6	CC59	22.0
3	t189	10.5	ST45	13.2	CC45	13.2	t363	6.5	ST1	9.7	CC398	12.9	t571	4.8	ST1	9.5	CC398	14.3	t091	7.3	ST188	9.8	CC45	14.6
4	t127	10.5	ST338	13.2	CC7	5.3	t571	6.5	ST6	6.5	CC7	6.5	t127	4.8	ST121	9.5	CC121	9.5	t189	4.9	ST7	9.8	CC7	9.8
5	t441	5.3	ST188	13.2	CC121	2.6	t127	3.2	ST1232	6.5	CC30	6.5	t529	4.8	ST398	9.5	CC45	4.8	t441	4.9	ST5	7.3	CC398	4.9
Total		57.9		68.4		92.1		45.2		54.8		93.6		52.4		81.0		100.0		39.0		58.5		87.8