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Table 2 MRSA and MRSE ST distribution in relation to the sample location

From: Molecular epidemiology of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus species in healthcare workers of a blood bank in the Brazilian Amazon

Profession

n

Sample location/clones (ST)

Hands – ST type

Nasopharynx – ST type

Lab coat – ST type

MRSA

MRSE

MRSA

MRSE

MRSA

MRSE

Physician

2

59

17

Biochemist

1

644*

Nurse

2

642

663*

ST4952

Nursing technician

12

59, 653*

20, 173, 645*, 661*, 662*

20, 69, 152, 255, 646*

Nursing assistant

1

173

Hemotherapy technician

6

ST15

666*

17, 194, 668*

ST15, ST5800*

ST5 (n = 2)

17, 665*

Administrative staff

4

ST30

651*

647*, 664,20

Social worker

3

2, 61, 296

Biomedic

1

ST1993

670*

Lab technician

5

20, 643*, 648*, 652*, 185

ST5

Psychologist

1

667*

Biologist

1

671*

Cleaning staff

3

669*, 649*

650*

Ambulance driver

1

153

Physiotherapist

1

20

 

Statistician

1

20

  1. (−) Absence; (*) New sequence type (ST); (♦) New allele pta 680; () Corresponds to two STs in the same place