Table 1.

Background information for SAG strains used in this study

Species	Strain	Lancefield type	Casea	Extent of SAG disease	Clinical outcome	Genotype	Age/Sex
SA	C238	C	3	Recurrent broncho-pulmonary	Transplant	∆F508/∆F508	18/F
SA	C1051	C	NA	Blood sepsis	NA	Non-CF	NA
SCP	C232	C	4	Recurrent broncho-pulmonary	Stabilized	∆F508/∆F508	30/M
SCP	C818*	C	4	Recurrent broncho-pulmonary	Stabilized	∆F508/∆F508	31/M
SCP	C1050	C	NA	Blood sepsis	NA	Non-CF	NA
SI	C270	NT	5	Broncho-pulmonary	Stabilized	∆F508/∆F508	32/F
SI	B196	NT	1	Broncho-pulmonary, septic arthritis, Osteomyelitis, pyomyositis	Total hip arthroplasy	∆F508/∆F508	18/M

^aCase history as described in Parkins et al. [17]; *SCP C818 was isolated from the same individual 13 months after SCP C232; NT, Non-typable; NA, Not available for these isolates.