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Table 1 Characteristics and bla locus allotypes of the MRSA strains used in this study

From: Evidence for a purifying selection acting on the β-lactamase locus in epidemic clones of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Clonal complex a)

MLST (ST)

SCCmectype

Strain

Isolation origin

Isolation year

blalocus alleles

Ref.

      

blaZ

blaI

blaR1

 
 

247

I

E2125

Denmark

1964

1

ND

ND

[30, 31]

 

247

IA

HPV107

Portugal

1992

1

ND

ND

[30, 32]

 

247

IA

BK1953

USA

1995

1

ND

ND

[30, 33]

 

250

I

COL

UK

1965

-

  

[30]

 

250

I

BK793

Egypt

1961

1

1

1

[30, 34]

 

250

IA

PER34

Spain

1989

1

ND

ND

[30, 35]

 

239

III

ANS46

Australia

1982

1

1

1

[30, 36]

 

239

IIIA

HU25

Brazil

1993

1

ND

ND

[30, 37]

 

239

IIIA

HUSA304

Hungary

1993

1

ND

ND

[30, 38]

8

239

IIIA

BK2421

USA

1996

1

ND

ND

[30, 34]

 

8

IVa

USA300

USA

1995-2003

8

4

9

[39, 40]

 

8

IVa

USA500

USA

1995-2003

1

ND

ND

[39, 40]

 

8

IVd

BK2529

USA

1996

1

ND

ND

[30, 34, 39]

 

8

IVd

BargII17

USA

1996

1

ND

ND

[30, 39, 41]

 

8

IVE

AR43/3330.1

Ireland

1988-2002

1

1

1

[42]

 

8

IVh

GRE120

Greece

1993

1

ND

ND

[39, 43]

 

72

IVa

USA700

USA

1995-2003

9

-

4

[39, 40]

 

254

IVh

HAR36

Greece

2002

1

1

1

[39, 44]

 

770

IVb

8/6-3P

Chicago

1996

3

3

6

[45]

 

5

I

HAR21

Finland

2002

1

ND

ND

[44, 46]

 

5

I-VAR

PL72

Poland

1991

1

ND

ND

[30, 47]

 

5

II

N315

Japan

1982

8

4

9

[18]

 

5

II

JP1

Japan

1987

8

4

9

[30, 48]

 

5

II

BK2464

USA

1996

4

6

2

[30, 49]

 

5

II

USA100

USA

1995-2003

3

3

6

[40, 46]

 

5

IVa

BM18

USA

1989

4

6

2

[30, 39, 50]

 

5

IVa

FFP311

Portugal

1996

11

1

7

[39, 51]

5

5

IVa

HSA49

Portugal

1993

11

ND

ND

[39, 51]

 

5

IVa

HSA74

Portugal

1993

5

3

3

[39, 51]

 

5

IVc

Q2314

Dallas

1996

3

ND

ND

[52]

 

5

IVc

USA800

USA

1995-2003

1

ND

ND

[39, 40]

 

5

IVc

ARG9

Argentina

1996

11

7

7

[39, 51]

 

5

IVd

JCSC4469

Japan

1982

1

1

1

[53]

 

5

IVg

M03-68

Korea

2003

3

ND

ND

[54]

 

5

IVNT

COB3

Colombia

1996

6

5

10

[30, 39, 55]

 

5

VI

HDE288

Portugal

1996

10

-

5

[51, 56]

 

5

VI

HUC136

Portugal

1995

10

-

5

[51, 56]

 

228

I

HAR40

Belgium

1995

2

3

1

[44, 46]

 

30

IVc

DEN2946

Denmark

2001

1

1

1

[39, 57]

30

30

IVc

DEN2294

Denmark

2001

1

ND

ND

[39, 57]

 

36

II

USA200

USA

1995-2003

1

1

1

[40, 46]

 

36

II

HAR24

Finland

2002

1

ND

ND

[46, 47]

 

22

IVh

HAR22

Finland

2002

9

-

4

[39, 44]

22

22

IVh

HGSA146

Portugal

2003

9

ND

ND

[39, 58]

 

22

IVh

HGSA163

Portugal

2003

9

ND

ND

[39, 58]

 

45

II

USA600

USA

1995-2003

7

4

9

[40, 46]

45

45

IVa

HAR38

Belgium

1995

6

2

8

[39, 44]

 

45

V

WIS

Australia

1995

8

ND

ND

[59]

 

256

IVa

CA05

Chicago

1999

8

4

9

[45]

1

1

IVa

MW2

USA

1998

6

2

10

[60]

 

1

IVa

USA400

USA

1995-2003

6

2

10

[39, 40]

80

80

IVc

DEN2949

Denmark

2001

5

3

3

[39, 57]

 

80

IVc

DEN114

Denmark

2001

5

1

3

[39, 57]

Singleton

377

V

HT0184

Greece

2005

6

2

10

[61]

 

377

V

HT0826

France

2003

6

ND

ND

[61]

  1. a) Clonal complexes were determined using the E-burst software http://saureus.mlst.net/, last accessed on June 04, 2009.
  2. ND, not determined, -, negative PCR amplification.
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