The dominant methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone from hospitals in Cape Town has an unusual genotype: ST612 M.J. Jansen van Rensburg, V.

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The dominant methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus clone from hospitals in Cape Town has an unusual genotype: ST612 M.J. Jansen van Rensburg, V. Eliya Madikane, A. Whitelaw, M. Chachage, S. Haffejee, B. Gay Elisha Clinical Microbiology and Infection Volume 17, Issue 5, Pages 785-792 (May 2011) DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03373.x Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis profiles and dendrogram showing the level of similarity between 100 methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. Six clusters were identified and are indicated alongside each profile. Strain designations used in the text for isolates selected for multilocus sequence typing and spa typing are indicated in brackets. Putative community‐acquired isolates are indicated by *. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2011 17, 785-792DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03373.x) Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions

Fig. 1 Pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis profiles and dendrogram showing the level of similarity between 100 methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains. Six clusters were identified and are indicated alongside each profile. Strain designations used in the text for isolates selected for multilocus sequence typing and spa typing are indicated in brackets. Putative community‐acquired isolates are indicated by *. Clinical Microbiology and Infection 2011 17, 785-792DOI: (10.1111/j.1469-0691.2010.03373.x) Copyright © 2011 European Society of Clinical Infectious Diseases Terms and Conditions