Table 1.

S. aureus isolates used in this study

Capsule serotype	No. of isolates:
	Total	With each cap allele			With each origin
		cap5	cap8	None	Human	Animal	Control
CP5	23	23	0	0	18	4	1
CP8	27	0	27	0	18	8	1
NT	37	24	11	2	17	19	1
Total	87	47	38	2	53	31	3