Relatedness of MLST types of 284 hospital MRSA isolates according to eBURST^a.

a<p>MLST = multi-locus sequence typing; eBURST = Based Upon Related Sequence Types algorithm.</p>b<p>CC = clonal complex. All members of a CC share identical alleles at six of the seven loci with at least one other member of the CC. CCNF refers to a CC with no predicted founder genotype.</p>c<p>Only the three most common <i>spa</i> types are listed if more than three associated with that sequence type (ST).</p>d<p>STs with allelic profiles that share less than six of their seven loci with all other STs in the dataset.