Distribution of MLST-ST, SCCmec types and spa types among 30 epidemic and 20 sporadic Belgian MRSA strains.

CC	ST	SSCmec	Epidemic strains (n=30)			Sporadic strains (n=20)
			PFGE type	n°	spa type	n°	spa type
8	8	III	–	–	–	1	t064
		IV	A20	4	t008	2	t008
			A22	1	t008
	247	I	Al	9	t051,t052,t054,t770	5	t051,t052,t303
	250	IV	–	–	–	1	190
5	5	I	–	–	–	2	tool
		II	G10	2	t041,t002	–	–
		III IV	− C3	− 2	− t002,t447	1	t045 t769
	228	I II	D8 CI	1 1	t041 t003	2 -	t001, t041 -
	231	II	–	–	–	1	t002
45	45	IV	B2	8	t038,t247, t598,t739,t740	2	t038, t655
22	22	IV	LI	2	t032	–	–
30	30	IV	–	–	–	1	t019
?	377	V	–	–	–	1	t355