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. 2019 Dec 4;10:2763. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02763

TABLE 3.

Distribution of SCCmec types among S. aureus strains isolated from wound and ocular infection.

Distribution of SCCmec types among S. aureus strains isolated from wound and ocular infection

SCCmec type Recombinase complex mecA complex Source of infection Total no. of isolates (n = 109)

Wound (n = 34) Ocular (n = 69) Unknown (n = 6)
III ccrC1, ccrAB3 Class A 2 0 0 2(1.8%)
IV ccrAB2 Class B 7 0 0 7(6.4%)
V ccrC1 Class C2 5 4 4 13(11.9%)
UT6 ccrC1 Class A 5 3 1 9(8.2%)
Untypable-1 ccrC1 1 0 0 1(0.91%)
Untypable-2 ccrAB4 0 1 0 1(0.91%)
Untypable-3 ccrAB1 0 14 0 14(12.8%)
Untypable-4 ccrAB2 0 1 0 1(0.91%)
Untypable-5 ccrAB3 0 1 0 1(0.91%)