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Table 4 Individuals who acquired a deletion in the S. aureus spa -gene during their hospital admission

From: Prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus protein A (spa) mutants in the community and hospitals in Oxfordshire

Individual ID

Date swab taken

Results

Spa type

Rearrangements

BC

30/01/2011

MSSA

t298

 

BC

08/02/2011

MSSA

t298

delG-insB

BD

14/04/2011

MSSA

t571

 

BD

19/04/2011

MSSA

t571

delG-insB

BD

26/04/2011

MSSA

t571

delG-insB

BE-a1

20/06/2011

MSSA

t179

 

BE-g2

20/06/2011

MSSA

t179

 

BE-n3

20/06/2011

MSSA

t179/t078

 

BE-th4

20/06/2011

MSSA

t179/t078

 

BE

05/07/2011

MSSA

t179/t078

 

BE

12/07/2011

MSSA

t179/t078

delE

BE

20/07/2011

MSSA

t179/t078

delE

  1. 1–4body sites swabs: a – axilla, g – groin, n – nose, th – throat; all other swabs are nasal swabs; spa-types in bold acquired deletion that affects binding site for standard forward spa-typing primer.