An important diversity in MRSA spa-types was observed in the European Union, and the spa-type distributions of MRSA isolates were found to vary significantly between participating countries. MRSA isolates with spa-types belonging to lineages ST1, ST5 and ST8, which are spa-types known in human medicine, were tested for PVL toxin genes. None of the tested isolates tested positive for PVL toxin genes, suggesting that those strains were not related to PVL-positive, Community-Associated MRSA strains prevalent in some parts of the world in humans.
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