1. Supplementary Figure 1: Rep-PCR Results of Twelve Isolates of S. aureus

2. Supplementary Figure 2: PFGE Results of Ten MRSA Isolates Digested with Restriction Enzymes SmaI and EagI. a) Agarose gel electrophoresis of macrorestriction digest b) Dendrograms of cluster analysis
Restriction Enzyme: SmaI Restriction Enzyme: Eag1 a.
Patient Patient Patient Patient 2
N /01 8/ /01 11/01 3/05 5/ N 11/01 2/ / / N N /01 8/01 11/01 11/01 3/05 5/05 N 11/01 2/03 3/05 5/ A N kb
S S S S-1 S-2 S
S S-1 S-2 S-1
E E E E E-1 E
E E E-2 E
674
361
262
175
135
N = NCTC 8325 control strain
A = ATCC control strain

3. b.
SmaI
EagI