text: Pacific (7) 364 90 105 Mountain (5) 300 90 90 West North Central (5) 400 88 90 West South Central (6) 314 75 90 East North Central (8) 400 119 120 East South Central (5) 300 89 90 New England (6) 299 92 90 Middle Atlantic (8) 401 136 121 South Atlantic (7) 378 77 105 Total (57) (3156) (856) (901) human cases of staphylococcal infection (Arias et al., 2008; Quinn et al., 2009; Toh et al., 2007), as well as in the LEADER Program for 2007 (Mendes et al.