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Volume 16, Number 10—October 2010
Dispatch

Human Cases of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus CC398, Finland

Saara SalmenlinnaComments to Author , Outi Lyytikäinen, Anni Vainio, Anna-Liisa Myllyniemi, Saara Raulo, Mari Kanerva, Merja Rantala, Katariina Thomson, Jaana Seppänen, and Jaana Vuopio
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland (S. Salmenlinna, O. Lyytikäinen, A. Vainio, J. Vuopio); Finnish Food Safety Authority, Helsinki (A.-L. Myllyniemi, S. Raulo, J. Seppänen); Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki (M. Kanerva); University of Helsinki, Helsinki (M. Rantala, K. Thomson)

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Table 1

MRSA CC398 clusters, Finland, January 2007–April 2009*

Cluster Year No. isolates Origin spa type SCCmec MLST Antimicrobial drug resistance† Healthcare district
1
 2007 1 Human t011 IV 398 tet, gen, tob A
2007
 13
 Horse
 t011
 IV
 398
 tet, gen, tob
2
 2008
 3
 Human
 t011
 V
 1375
 tet, ery, cli
 A, B
Single
 2008
 1
 Human
 t2922
 V
 398
 tet, ery, cli
 A
3
 2008–09
 5
 Human
 t034
 V
 398
 tet, ery, cli (inducible)
 C
4 2008–09 7 Pig t108 V 398 tet, ery, cli

*MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; CC, clonal complex; SCCmec, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec; MLST, multilocus sequence typing; tet, tetracycline; gen, gentamicin; tob, tobramycin; ery, erythromycin; cli, clindamycin.
†All isolates were negative for Panton-Valentine leukocidin except cluster 3.

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