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Table 2 Distribution of SCCmec types among MRSA isolates in 2016–2017

From: Antibiotic resistance and typing of the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus clones in Kuwait hospitals, 2016–2017

SCCmec types

2016

2017

Total

p-value

No.

%

No.

%

No.

%

I

1

0.04

3

0.1

4

0.08

 

II

14

0.6

10

0.4

24

0.5

 

III

291

13

282

11.7

573

12.1

 

IV

1148

50

1077

44.5

2225

47.0

≤ 0.05

V

701

30

708

29

1409

29.8

 

VI

170

7

273

11.2

443

9.3

≤ 0.05

IV + V

12

0.5

22

1

34

0.7

 

ND

46

2

46

0.9