Nationwide molecular epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus responsible for horse infections in France

Table 1 Prevalence of MRSA from 2007 to 2013

Year	No. of S. aureus	No. of MRSA	% MRSA	Type of infection^a					% ST8/ST398^b
Year	No. of S. aureus	No. of MRSA	% MRSA	SSTI	GTI	RTI	BJI	Others	% ST8/ST398^b
2007	163	2	1.2%	1	0	0	1	0	100/0
2008	198	2	1.0%	2	0	0	0	0	100/0
2009	190	0	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0	-
2010	226	15	6.6%	10	1	1	3	0	53/47
2011	253	22	8.7%	9	7	2	1	2	14/81
2012	185	24	12.9%	13	6	3	0	3	40/52
2013	178	20	11.2%	4	6	2	3	5	15/80
Total	1393	85	6.1%	39	20	8	8	10

^a SSTI skin and soft-tissue infection, GTI genital-tract infection, RTI respiratory-tract infection, BJI bone and joint infection
^b ST sequence type

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