Longitudinal survey of Staphylococcus aureus in cystic fibrosis patients using a multiple-locus variable-number of tandem-repeats analysis method

Table 2 Summary of the longitudinal survey in 24 patients with 4 or more isolates

Patient	isolates N°	First strain	cluster N°	genotype N°	variants^a	CC
CFU_29	4	04/01/2006	1	1		15
CFU_25	7	05/03/2006	1	1		8
CFU_41	12	11/01/2006	1	1		5
CFU_36	13	21/01/2006	1	1		8
CFU_60	4	01/02/2006	1	1		8
CFU_76	4	26/04/2006	1	1		30
CFU_34	7	21/02/2006	1	1		30
CFU_59	8	04/01/2006	1	2	1866 (3; 2)	1
CFU_40	9	28/03/2006	1	2	122 (7; 2)	45
CFU_51	11	07/02/2006	1	2	906 (0.4; 0.3)	45
CFU_68	6	20/03/2006	1	3	0311 (5.5; 3.5), 1866 (3; 2)	45
CFU_22	7	21/02/2006	1	2	1425 (4; 1)	5
CFU_96	14	30/01/2006	1	3	1132 (4; 5; 6)	5
CFU_48	16	04/01/2006	1	3	1213 (5; 4), 1132 (6; 5)	5
CFU_63	4	02/02/2006	2	2		5(1), UN1^b(3)
CFU_81	6	01/02/2006	2	2		8(2), 5(4)
CFU_82	6	03/02/2006	2	3	1756 (4;2)	30(2), 45(4)
CFU_97	6	03/01/2006	2	2		59(1), 45(5)
CFU_62	7	07/03/2006	2	2		5(5), 51(2)
CFU_11	6	18/01/2006	2	4	0122 (5; 4), 1729 (5; 3)	8(1), 45(5)
CFU_05	9	04/01/2006	3	3		7(1), 45(1), 5(7)
CFU_64	6	17/01/2006	4	4		30(3), 1(1), 51(1), UN2^c(1)
CFU_26	12	19/01/2006	4	4		15(5), 45(3), 5(1), 7(3)

^a indicates the loci where there are VNTR variants within identical CC. In parentheses are shown the number of repeats at the variants.
^b UN1 corresponds to ST109
^c UN2 corresponds to ST398

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