TABLE 3.

RAPD genotyping results for persistently and intermittently S. aureus-colonized staff members in the surgery department of Soba University Hospital

Carrier group	Person identification no.	Strain	PCR typea
Persistent
	S-37	2005	4
	S-37	2081	4
	S-37	2080/2788	4
	S-37	2129	4
	S-37	2130	4
	S-37	2131	4
	S-37	2132	4
	S-37	2133	4
	S-37	2134	4
	S-37	2789	4
	S-37	2787	4
	S-47	2656	4
	S-47	2008	4
	S-47	2009	4
	S-47	2010	4
	S-72	2024	18
	S-72	2025	18
	S-72	2144	18
	S-72	2145	18
	S-72	2146	18
	S-72	2147	18
	S-72	2148	18
	S-72	2149	18
	S-72	2790	18
	S-72	2793	18
	S-72	2791	18
Intermittent
	S-65	2016	15
	S-65	2017	15
	S-65	2018	15
	S-65	2019	15
	S-65	2137	15
	S-65	2138	15
	S-65	−b	NAc
	S-65	2139	10
	S-65	2140	10
	S-65	−	NA
	S-65	−	NA
	S-70	2020	16
	S-70	2021	16
	S-70	2022	16
	S-70	2141	16
	S-70	2142	16
	S-70	−	NA
	S-70	2792	16
	S-74	1969	4
	S-74	−	NA
	S-74	2026	4

^aA clear strain shift can be observed for person S-65 (from RAPD type 15 to 10). See Fig. 2 for some additional detail. 

^b−, negative. 

^cNA, not applicable.