aMRSA strain | Sequence type (ST) and SCCmec type | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Overall | No. of hospital districts in which the strain found (total n = 20) |
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FIN-16 | ST125:IA | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 103 | 231 | 375 | 742 | 15 |
FIN-4 | ST375:IV | 33 | 39 | 46 | 65 | 93 | 72 | 94 | 183 | 625 | 20 |
FIN-21 | ST228:I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 118 | 431 | 581 | 3 |
FIN-7 | ST8:IV | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 41 | 145 | 83 | 188 | 495 | 16 |
FIN-10 | ST45:IV, V | 15 | 16 | 16 | 48 | 28 | 69 | 146 | 110 | 448 | 17 |
FIN-3 | ST5:II | 25 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 46 | 44 | 173 | 14 |
FIN-15 | ST8:IV | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 27 | 32 | 33 | 126 | 7 |
FIN-12 | ST22:IV | 2 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 112 | 16 |
bFIN-2 | ST241:IIIB | 0 | 6 | 44 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 72 | 7 |
FIN-6 | ST36:II | 18 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 65 | 11 |
Other strains | 27 | 59 | 53 | 35 | 61 | 58 | 59 | 85 | 437 | 20 | |
Sporadic | 12 | 19 | 17 | 32 | 33 | 25 | 31 | 46 | 215 | 19 | |
Total | 137 | 197 | 212 | 249 | 324 | 579 | 865 | 1528 | 4091 |