Table 5 Occurrence of S. aureus types and subtypes based on the X region of the protein A gene

A (1,200 bp)

HindS1 (26%)

A₁ (5%)

HaeS₁ (8%)

A₁ (4%)

B (1,250 bp)

HindS2 (22%)

B₁ (3%)

HaeS₂ (30%)

A₂ (1%)

C (1,300 bp)

HindS3 (17%)

C₁ (13%)

HaeS₃ (31%)

B₁ (3%)

D (1,450 bp)

HindS4 (28%)

C₂ (2%)

HaeS₄ (14%)

C₁ (8%)

E (1,500 bp)

HindS5 (4%)

C₃ (3%)

HaeS₅ (6%)

C₂ (1%)

F (1,550 bp)

HindS6 (3%)

D₁ (3%)

HaeS₆ (11%)

C₃ (4%)

G (1,600 bp)

D₂ (7%)

C₄ (5%)

D₃ (1%)

D₁ (21%)

D₄ (13%)

D₂ (6%)

D₅ (3%)

E₁ (5%)

E₁ (1%)

E₂ (11%)

E₂ (6%)

F₁ (3%)

E₃ (2%)

F₂ (9%)

E₄ (6%)

F₃ (2%)

E₅ (1%)

G₁ (5%)

F₁ (5%)

G₂ (12%)

F₂ (5%)

F₃ (4%)

G₁ (1%)

G₂ (4%)

G₃ (9%)

G₄ (3%)

Total

100

100

100

100