TABLE 2.

Molecular typing of 53 MRSA clinical strains isolated from a single hospital in Hungary between 1997 and 1998

PFGE pattern type	Yr of isolation	No. of isolates	Clonal typea	Total no. of isolates (% of total)
A	1997	7	III::M1::A	9 (17.0)
	1998	2
	1997	1	III::B2::A	5 (9.4)
	1998	4
	1997	2	III::B1::A	6
	1998	2	XI::B::A
	1998	1	III′::B3::A
	1998	1	III′::q::A
	Total			20 (37.8)
D	1997	4	II::q::D	5
	1997	1	II::q1::D
	Total			5 (9.4)
S	1997	12	II::E1::S	15 (28.3)
	1998	3
Varied	1997	2	III′::B2::B	13 (24.5)
	1997	1	III::B2::B
	1997	1	VIII::aa::M
	1997	1	III::M4::T
	1997	1	III::M1::Y
	1998	1	III′::n::B
	1998	2	I::NH::W
	1998	1	III::B2::N
	1998	1	VII::ρ1::V
	1998	1	V::W1::X
	1998	1	III::ββ1::Z
	Total			13 (24.5)

^aSee Table 1, footnote a.