Table 4. Distribution of spa-clonal complexes (spa-CCs) among isolates collected from nasal swabs of 389 participants of the general population of Braunschweig, Germany.
| MSSA spa types | ||||
| spa-CC | spa types | Number of strains (% of all strains) | Number of spa-types (% of all spa-types) | MLST CC (ST) |
| spa-CC 084 | t084, t091, t254, t360, t368, t491, t499, t4508 | 15 (19) | 8 (15) | CC 15 |
| spa-CC 015 | t015, t073, t550, t772, t2277, t13383 | 7 (9) | 6 (11) | CC 45 |
| spa-CC 005 | t005, t032, t1433, t1862 | 5 (6) | 4 (7) | CC 22 |
| spa-CC 012 | t012, t018, t019, t021, t275 | 16 (20) | 5 (9) | CC 30 |
| spa-CC 706/330 | t330, t706, t2275, t6311 | 4 (5) | 4 (7) | |
| spa-CC 002 | t002, t242, t1265 | 4 (5) | 3 (6) | CC 5 |
| spa-CC 304 | t304, t2032, t11363 | 4 (5) | 3 (6) | CC 8 |
| spa-CC 056 | t056, t7760, t13588 | 3 (4) | 3 (6) | ST 101 |
| No founder | t078, t1925 | 2 (3) | 2 (4) | CC 45 |
| Singletons | t159, t160, t537, t1057, t1541, t2313, t3741, t5337, t7088, t10983, t13449, t13587 | 14 (18) | 12 (22) | |
| Excluded | t026, t132, t1977, t6115 | 6 (8) | 4 (7) | |
Total samples n = 85 (100%), MSSA (n = 80): 9 groups, 12 singletons, 4 spa-types excluded,
MRSA (n = 5): 1 group.