Table 1.
Characteristics of 72 methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates obtained from Alexandria Main University Hospital.
| Median age | 35 |
| Male: Female ratio | 43: 28a |
| HA: CA ratio | 45: 11b |
| Inpatient: ICU ratio | 56: 15c |
| Specimen | Pus/tissue (n = 44) |
| Blood (n = 13) | |
| Respiratory (n = 11) | |
| Urine (n = 4) | |
| spa types | t037 (n = 41) |
| t044 (n = 3) | |
| t127 (n = 9) | |
| t223 (n = 3) | |
| t267 (n = 6) | |
| t304 (n = 2) | |
| t416 (n = 1) | |
| t688 (n = 4) | |
| t786 (n = 1) | |
| t6978 (n = 1) | |
| t16221 (n = 1) | |
| SCCmec types | III (n = 41) |
| IV (n = 11) | |
| IV E (n = 5) | |
| V (n = 8) | |
| ND (n = 7) | |
| MLST | ST-1, t127, SCCmec V |
| ST-5, t688, SCCmec IV E | |
| ST-6, t304, SCCmec IV | |
| ST-22, t223, SCCmec IV E | |
| ST-22, t6978, SCCmec IV E | |
| ST-80, t416, SCCmec IV | |
| ST-97, t267, SCCmec V | |
| ST-239, t304, SCCmec III | |
| ST-241, t037, SCCmec III | |
| ST-1502, t044, SCCmec IV | |
| ST-4808, t267, SCCmec IV |
a & c: gender and ward data were missing for one isolate. b: the date of admission and/or isolate collection was missing for 16 isolates.