Classification of Epidemic Community-Acquired Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus by Anatomical Site of Isolation

Table 1

Summary of results for all isolates.

Source of isolates	Number of isolates for each pulsotype							Total number of isolates from source
	USA 100	USA 300	USA 500	USA 600	USA 800	USA 1000	Sporadic
Blood	10	1	0	0	0	0	5	16
Nose	42	15	1	1	1	6	19	85
Sputum	0	2	0	0	2	2	11	17
Wound	27	126	0	0	0	2	5	160
Other	6	1	0	0	0	0	6	13
Total	85	145	1	1	3	10	46	291