Table 1.

Diversity of spa types among the different clusters

Cluster	spa type	spa repeats	No. of Swiss isolates	No. of French isolates
1	t127	07-23-21-16-34-33-13	3	0
5	t002	26-23-17-34-17-20-17-12-17-16	0	1
	t311	26-23-17-34-20-17-12-17-16	0	1
7	t091	07-23-21-17-34-12-23-02-12-23	2	0
8	t008	11-19-12-21-17-34-24-34-22-25	0	3
	t024	11-12-21-17-34-24-34-22-25	6	3
	t711	04-21-17-34-24-34-22-25	11	0
	t2953	11-12-21-17-34-24-34-22-25-25	27	13
	t3802	04-21-17-34-24-34-22-25-25	0	2
	t5268	11-21-17-34-24-34-22-25-25	7	0
	t5270	11-12-21-17-34-24-34-22-25-25-25	3	0
	t5271	11-17-34-24-34-22-25-25	6	0
	t5694	11-12-17-34-24-34-22-25-25	7	0
	t6281	04-21-17-34-24-34-22-25-25-75	2	0
	Unknown	11-17-34-24-34-22-25-25-75	0	1
15	t084	07-23-12-34-34-12-12-23-02-12-23	2	0
20	t164	07-06-17-21-34-34-22-34	15	53
	t195	07-06-17-21-34-34	0	1
	t881	07-06-17-34-34-22-34	0	1
	t1544	07-22-34	1	2
	t1987	07-06-17-21-34	0	1
	t2094	26-06-17-21-34-34-22-34	10	2
	t3277	07-17-21-34-34-22-34	0	1
	t5993	15-34-34-22-34	0	1
	Unknown	07-06-17-21-34-34-02-34	0	1
25	t078	04-21-12-41-20-17-12-12-17	0	1
45	t015	08-16-02-16-34-13-17-34-16-34	1	0
72	t148	07-23-12-21-12-17-20-17-12-12-17	0	1
97	t267	07-23-12-21-17-34-34-34-33-34	0	3
	t524	04-17	19	17
	t528	4	0	3
	t3992	26-23-12-21-17-34-34-33-34	0	1
	t5695	07-23-12-21-17-34-34-34-34-34	2	0
	t6280	26-23-12-21-17-34-34-34-34-34	1	0
	Unknown	07-23-12-21-17-34-34-34-34-34-34	0	2
101	t1312	04-20-12-17-17	1	0
121	t645	14-44-13-12-17-23-18-17	0	1
	t1773	04-82-17-25-17	0	1
151	t529	04-34	60	25
188	t189	07-23-12-21-17-34	1	0
398 MRSA	t011	08-16-02-25-34-24-25	3	0
398 MSSA	t011	08-16-02-25-34-24-25	0	1
	t034	08-16-02-25-02-25-34-24-25	0	1
	Unknown	08-16-02-25-02-25-34-24-25-25	0	1
479	t453	04-20-17	2	0
New1	t3750	04-20-25-23-24-17	0	1
New2	t3576	04-31-17-25-17	0	3