Table 1.
Clonal complexes and the relationship among the molecular types of MRSA isolates from pediatric patients.
Figure 1.
Distribution of STs in the clonal complexes.
(A) The eBURST application of the MLST data from all of the isolates analyzed in this study. The numbers represent STs. STs that are linked by a line belong to the same cluster. Circle sizes are proportional to the number of strains within the ST. (B) Minimal spanning network of MLST data from the same isolates analyzed in (A). Circles represent STs, with the numbers inside the circles. Branches represent a single nucleotide change between neighboring STs. Black squares indicate multiple nucleotide changes between adjoining STs, with the number of differences indicated by the adjacent numbers. Similar-colored circles represent STs belonging to the same cluster, as in (A). Uncolored circles are singletons by eBURST analysis.
Figure 2.
Alignment of the pvl sequences detected in a MRSA isolate harboring SCCmec type I.
Table 2.
Virulence gene distribution among the molecular types of MRSA isolates from pediatric patients.
Table 3.
Virulence gene profiles associated with different SCCmec types and agr groups of MRSA isolates from pediatric patients.