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. 2012 Mar;50(3):573–579. doi: 10.1128/JCM.05336-11

Table 2.

Ten most frequently found spa types among adult and pediatric patients in Orange County, CAa

Rank Adult patients
Pediatric patients
spa type MLST No. of isolates % of isolates Cumulative % spa type MLST No. of isolates % of isolates Cumulative %
1 t008 8 457 40.7 40.7 t008 8 110 69.2 69.2
2 t242 5 260 23.1 63.8 t242 5 14 8.8 78
3 t002 5 211 18.8 82.6 t002 5 9 5.7 83.7
4 t024 8 19 1.7 84.3 t024 8 3 1.9 85.5
5 t037 8 15 1.3 85.6 t045 5 2 1.3 86.8
6 t127 1 14 1.3 86.8 t068 8 2 1.3 88.1
7 t088 105 12 1.1 87.9 t2689 8 2 1.3 89.3
8 t1737 5 11 1 88.9 t324 72 2 1.3 90.6
9 t306 5 6 0.5 89.4 t622 8 2 1.3 91.8
10 t126 72 5 0.4 89.9 13 others 1 each 0.6 each 100
a

The total numbers of spa types were 89 for adult patients and 22 for pediatric patients. Simpson's index of diversity (1-D) values were 75% (95% CI, 73%, 76%) for adult patients and 51% (95% CI, 41%, 60%) for pediatric patients. MLST, multilocus sequence type.