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Table 1 Demographic and clinical information, indicating for each subject the presence (y) or absence (n) of an intra-subject lineage (ISL) and its detection (y) or absence (n) at time 1 (enrollment) and time 2 (1 year follow-up) among colonizing S. aureus isolates. Additional demographic and clinical variables are presented in the Supplemental data

From: USA300 Staphylococcus aureus persists on multiple body sites following an infection

Patient ID

Initial Infection Isolate

ISL

Time 1a

Time 2a

Sex

Age range (years)b

Initial Infection

1

y

y

y

y

female

51–55

respiratory

2

y

y

y

n

female

0–5

perirectal abscess

3

y

y

n

y

female

0–5

neck abscess

4

y

y

n

y

male

0–5

right buttock abscess

5

y

y

y

n

female

11–15

draining skin abscess

6

y

y

y

n

female

56–60

abdominal wall abscess

7

y

y

y

n

male

6–10

left groin abscess

8

y

y

n

y

male

0–5

pleural fluid culture

9

y

y

y

y

male

46–50

right ear drainage

10

y

n

y

y

female

31–35

abscess right shoulder

11

y

y

y

y

male

6–10

left ear drainage

12

y

y

y

n

male

0–5

abscess near anus

13

y

y

y

y

female

0–5

left labial cellulitis and abscess

14

y

y

y

n

female

0–5

left labial abscess

15

y

y

y

n

female

41–45

drainage from psoriatic plaque

16

y

y

y

n

female

51–55

foot wound

17

y

n

y

n

male

0–5

left inguinal abscess

18

y

y

y

y

female

56–60

sputum culture

19

y

y

y

y

female

66–70

left leg wound drainage

20

y

y

n

y

female

0–5

wound drainage neck, axilla, groin

21

y

n

n

n

male

0–5

buttock abscess

22

y

y

y

n

male

0–5

culture dorsum right hand

23

y

n

n

n

female

41–45

right facial abscess

24

y

y

y

n

female

31–35

left upper arm abscess

25

y

y

y

n

male

6–10

wound drainage, scrotal abscess

26

y

n

n

n

male

36–40

unknown

27

y

y

y

n

female

36–40

wound drainage leg abscess

28

y

y

y

n

male

26–30

wound drainage chin abscess

29

n

n

y

n

male

0–5

respiratory

  1. aindicates whether or not a USA300 strain within an ISL was isolated at time 1 (enrollment) or time 2 (1 year later); “y” indicates the presence of the ISL at the indicated visit, and “n” indicates that the ISL was not isolated at the indicated visit
  2. bage at enrollment (time 1) visit