Characterization of the clonal profile of MRSA isolated in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units of a University Hospital

Table 1 Detection of MRSA and SCC mec type according to hospital ward and clinical specimens

	Neonatal intensive care unit				Pediatric intensive care unit
	N	% MRSA	SCCmectype		N	% MRSA	SCCmectype
			Type III	Type IV			Type III	Type IV
Blood culture (N = 80)	39	17.5	2	5	41	14.6	1	5
Secretion (N = 22)	22	18.2	3	1	0	0	0	0
Fluid^a (N = 2)	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	1
Foreign body^b (N = 15)	15	20.0	3	0	0	0	0	0

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