TABLE 1.

MLST clonal complexes, spa types, and SCCmec types among the S. aureus isolates

MLST CC	Strain name	Geographical origin	spa typea	SCCmec typea
CC1	3 (a), 3 (B), 23, 6 (B), 43, AA51, AA67, AA77	Egypt	t127	N/D
	R181, R180, AA1, AA78	UAE, Egypt	t127	N/D
	6 (a), AA69	Egypt	t127	N/D
	AA59, AA65, AA68	Egypt	t127	No mecA detected
	AA103, AA87	Egypt	t127	No mecA detected
CC15	15, 16	Egypt	t094	No mecA detected
	17	Egypt	Unk	No mecA detected
CC22	41	Egypt	t13828	IV
	Gaza_MRSA_B62	Palestine	t223	IV
	AA18	Egypt	t223	IV
	AA5	Egypt	t3243	IV
	Gaza_MRSA_B04	Palestine	t790	IV
	40	Egypt	Unk	IV
CC30	AA41	Egypt	t037	No mecA detected
	19	Egypt	t1504	N/D
CC5	AA30	Egypt	t304	IV
	14, AA76, AA80	Egypt	t688	N/D
	AA70	Egypt	t688	VI(4B)
CC8	12480433	Morocco	t008	IV
	LHI_Sa_30	Egypt	t008	N/D
	46	Egypt	t030	III
	50, AA101, AA13, AA14, AA22, AA23, AA27, AA31, AA33, AA46, AA52, AA55, AA57, AA60, AA61, AA62, AA63, AA64, AA91, AA92	Egypt	t037	III
	AA79	Egypt	t037	N/D
	AA93	Egypt	t037	No mecA detected
	AA29	Egypt	Unk	III
CC97	AA36	Egypt	t267	N/D
	AA39, AA6	Egypt	t267	IV
	AA104	Egypt	t267	N/D
	AA8	Egypt	Unk	IV
ST-80	2705432, 2705403, 2705405, 2705407, 2705409, 2705412	Tunisia, Kuwait, Lebanon	t044	IV
	AA45	Egypt	t044	IV
	2705431	Tunisia	t044	No mecA detected
	2705411	Lebanon	t131	IV
	AA2	Egypt	t416	IV
	AA3, AA4	Egypt	t416	N/D

^aUnk, unknown; N/D, not determined.