TABLE 7.

Sequence types and spa types of Staphylococcus aureus isolates by country.

Country	Sequence Type (ST) (n)	spa types (n)	MRSA n (%)	PVL n (%)
Burkina Faso (N = 3)*	ST152 (3)	t314 (1), t355 (1), t4198 (1)	0(0)	3 (100)
Gabon (N = 3)*	ST152 (2), ST8 (1)	t355 (2), t1476 (1)	0(0)	2 (67)
Ghana (N = 5)*	ST121 (1), ST152 (1), ST15 (1), ST88 (2)	t314 (1), t4454 (1), t355 (1), t186 (2)	2(40)	3 (60)
Tanzania (N = 5)*	ST 152(4), ST88 (1)	t355 (4), t2526 (1)	0(0)	5 (100)

*No vancomycin resistance was observed.N,n, sample size; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; PVL, Panton-Valentine leucocidin.