Pathogens | Source | Genotyping tools | Proportion of MRSA genes, n (%) | Phylogroups/sequence types | Lineages/spa type | Country | Reference | Time period for collection of isolates |
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MRSA | human | WGS, MLST | mecA (10/30;33.3%) | 13 sequence types (ST-8, ST-1, ST-152, ST-15, ST-1847, ST-188, ST-22, ST-239, ST-30, ST-5, ST-580, ST-6 | Â | Tanzania | [71] | August 2013 to August 2015 |
MRSA | human | Multiplex PCR | SCCmec I (1/69;1.4%), SCCmec II (52/69; 75.4%), SCCmec IV (2/69; 2.9%) | – |  | Kenya | [72] | 2005–2007 |
MRSA | human, environment | Multiplex PCR | SCCmec I (22/41;54%), SCCmec V (6/41;15%), SCCmec IV (3/41;7%) | – |  | Uganda | [73] | November, 2009 and February, 2010 |
MRSA | human | PCR, MLST | SCCmecA (24/24:100%) | ST88, ST 1797, ST1820 | t064, t104, t1855, t186, t667, t690, t7237, t7231, | Tanzania | [74] | Between January and December 2008 |
MRSA | human | PCR, MLST | SCCmec type V (3/30;10%), SCCmec type IV (12/30;40%), SCCmec type III (13/30;43.3%), SCCmec type I (1/30;3.3%), SCCmec type II (1/30;3.3%) | ST22, ST88, ST789, ST5, ST8, ST241, ST30, | t037, t13149, t005, t022, t1339, t648, t345, t318, t293, t2029, t852, t689, t104, t1476, t13150, t091, t3202, t9622 | Kenya | [75] | Between January 2010 and July 2013 |
MRSA | human | PCR, Multiplex PCR | SCCmec V (33.3%, 8/24), SCCmec IV (4.2% (1/24) SCCmec II (8.3% (2/24), SCCmec type 1 (16.7%, 4/24) | – | t645, t4353, t064, t355, t4609, t10277 | Uganda | [76] | September 2011 to April 2012 |
MRSA | human | PCR, Multiplex PCR, WGS | SCCmec type I (56.4%), SCCmec type IV (17.9%) | – | – | Rwanda | [97] |  |
MRSA | human | WGS | SCCmec III (6/6; 100%) | ST239 | t037 | Kenya | [77] | Between the 11th July and 7th November 2011, |
MRSA | cattle | PCR, Multiplex PCR, PFGE | SCCmec type V (21/23; 91.3%) | – | t7753, t1398, t2112, t3992, t127 | Uganda | [78] | July to August 2013 |
MRSA | human | PCR, WGS | SCCmecA | ST612 | t690 | Tanzania | [66] | Between December 2014 and September 2015 |
MRSA | human | PCR, WGS | SCCmec type IV (40.5%, 17/42), SCCmec type I (38.1%, 16/42), SCCmec types I, II and III (50%,21/42) | – | t064 (19%, 8/42), t037 (12%, 5/42). t002, t037, t064, t4353 and t12939 | Uganda | [16] | Between February and October 2011 |