In our study, PFGE and 16S rDNA sequencing did not show any
correlation with antimicrobial susceptibility data. High discriminatory
power of PFGE for Staphylococcal spp. has been demonstrated
in previous studies (Delgado et al., 2009; Kennedy et al.,
2000; Rasschaert et al., 2009; Rohde et al., 2004) and application
of multiple characterization methods is recommended.