Table 5. Distribution of spa types among community-onset (CO) and community-associated (CA) S. aureus isolates from the two Ghanian communities, 2011–2012.

CC	Total no of isolates, N = 124	CO isolates	N = 38	CA isolates	N = 86
	n (%)		n (%)		n (%)
CC5	5 (4.0)	t071(1), t10839(1), t311(2)	4 (10.5)	t311(1)	1 (1.2)
CC8	36 (29.0)	t008(4), t10519(5), t10842(1), t1476(3), t304(1)	14 (36.8)	t008(7), t10519(8), t10844(1), t1476(5), t197(1)	22 (25.6)
CC9	1 (0.8)	t2700(1)	1 (2.6)	-	0 (0.0)
CC15	18 (14.5)	t084(3), t10843(1), t10845(1) t7568(1)	6 (15.8)	t084(11), t346(1)	12 (13.9)
CC30	5 (4.0)	t021(2)	2 (5.2)	t021(1), t3194(1), t363(1)	3 (3.5)
CC45	21 (16.9)	t10841(1), t6038(1),	2 (5.2)	t065(1),t10834(1), t10840(1), t1510(1), t1996(1), t2771(3), t2784(1), t3986(1),t5602(3), t6038(1), t8453(1), t861(3), t939(1)	19 (22.1)
CC97	6 (4.8)	t359(1), t044(1)	2(5.2)	t359(4)	4 (4.7)
CC121	6 (4.8)	t4499(1)	1 (2.6)	t091(2), t159(1), t2304(1), t645(1)	5 (5.8)
CC152	21 (16.9)	t10835(1), t454(2)	4 (10.5)	t355(17)	17 (19.7)
CC508	4 (3.2)	t5132(2)	2 (5.4)	t10832(1), t6694(1)	2 (2.3)
CC707	1 (0.8)	-	0 (0.0)	t1458(1)	1 (1.2)