Research Article

Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates, Isolated from a Burn Hospital in Southwest Iran in 2006 and 2014

Table 1

Molecular characterization of MRSA strains isolated in the years 2006 and 2014.

Number (%)Spa typeMLSTCCSCCmecPVLYear

30 (100%)t037ST2398IIINegative2006
15 (36.6%)t037ST2398IIINegative2014
10 (24.4%)t631ST2398IIINegative2014
6 (14.6%)t021ST3030IVPositive2014
6 (14.6%)t690ST8888IVNegative2014
4 (9.8%)t12366ST88IVNegative2014