Molecular characteristics, antibacterial drug resistance pattern and time of isolation of isolates belonging to the different clones.

SCC-mec, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec; MLVF, multilocus variable number tandem repeat fingerprinting; S, susceptible; R, resistant.
Cip, ciprofloxacin; Cli, clindamycin; Ery, erythromycin; Gen, gentamicin; Lin, linezolid; Rif, rifampicin; Sxt, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim; Tec, teicoplanin; Tet, tetracycline; Tob, tobramycin; Va, vancomycin.
*Inducible clindamycin-resistant phenotype.