Table 1.

Report of Staphylococcus aureus isolated.

ID	SFP ID	Origin	Detail	spa-type	Phenotypic characteristics	Genotypic characteristics	Geographical ID	Suspected food spreading agent	Causative agent	People involved	References
1	1	Human	Case, stool	t127	SEA+	sea, seh, selk, selq	Freiburg (Germany)	Ice-cream	Ice-cream	20 patients	(Fetsch et al., 2014)
2		Human	Case, stool	t127	SEA+	sea, seh, selk, selq
3		Human	Case, stool	t127	SEA+	sea, seh, selk, selq
4		Human	Case, vomit	t127	SEA+	sea, seh, selk, selq
5	2	Human	Nasal swab	t160	SEB+	sea, seb
6	3	Food	Ice-cream vanilla	t127	SEA+	sea, seh, selk, selq
7		Food	Ice-cream strawberry	t127	SEA+	sea, seh, selk, selq
8		Food	Ice-cream chocolate	t127	SEA+	sea, seh, selk, selq
9		Food	Ice-cream pistachio	t127	SEA+	sea, seh, selk, selq
10	4	Food	Ice-cream yoghurt-lemon	t084	/	/
11	5	Human	Nasal mucosa of food handler #3	t701	/	sea, sei	Turin (Italy)	Food handler	Seafood salad	9 patients	(Gallina et al., 2013)
12		Human	Emesis of patient #1	t701	/	sea, sei
13		Human	Emesis of patient #2	t701	/	sea, sei
14		Human	Emesis of patient #3	t701	/	sea, sei
15	6	Human	Emesis of patient #4	t267	/	sea, sei
16		Human	Stool of patient #3	t701	/	sea, sei
17		Human	Stool of patient #4	t701	/	sea, sei
18	7	Food	Raw chicken filled with broccoli	t002	NEG**	neg**	Baden-Wurttemberg (Southwest Germany)	Food handler	Food handler	12 patients	(Johler et al., 2013)
19	8	Food	Cooked meat	t018	SEA+	sea, seg, sei
20		Food	Meat-filled pancake	t018	SEA+	sea, seg, sei
21		Food	watermelon	t018	SEA+	sea, seg, sei
22		Human	Stool sample of patient	t018	SEA+	sea, seg, sei
23		Human	Nasal swab of caterer’s nose #1	t018	SEA+	sea, seg, sei
24		Human	Nasal swab of caterer’s nose #2	t018	SEA+	sea, seg, sei
25	9	/*	/*	t008	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	(Wattinger et al., 2012)
26	10	/*	/*	t015	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
27	11	/*	/*	t018	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
28	12	/*	/*	t056	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
29	13	/*	/*	t084	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
30	14	/*	/*	t648	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
31	15	/*	/*	t733	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
32	16	/*	/*	t279	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
33	17	/*	/*	t4802	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
34	18	/*	/*	t1239	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
35	19	/*	/*	t015	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
36	20	/*	/*	t377	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
37	21	/*	/*	t383	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
38	22	/*	/*	t1270	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
39	23	/*	/*	t6969	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
40	24	/*	/*	t912	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
41	25	/*	/*	t056	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*	/*
42	26	Food	Cheese isolate #1	t711	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, selj, ser	Children and staff members at a Swiss boarding school (Switzerland)	Tomme soft cheese made of raw milk	Tomme soft cheese made of raw milk	14 patients	(Johler et al.,2015)
43	27	Food	Cheese isolate #2	t018	NEG** s	eg, sei, selm, seln, selo, selu
44	28	Food	Cheese isolate #3	t458	NEG** s	eg, sei, selm, seln, selo, selu
45	29	Food	Raw milk isolate	t2953	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed	Austria	Raw milk	Raw milk	40 patients	(Schmid et al., 2007)
46	30	Human	Nasal swab of the dairy owner	t635	NEG**	sec, seg, seh, sei
47	31	Food	Milk isolate #1	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, selj, ser	Italy	Milk	Milk	80 patients	This work
48		Food	Milk isolate #2	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, sej, ser
49		Food	Milk isolate #3	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, sej, ser
50		Food	Milk isolate #4	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, sej, ser
51		Food	Milk isolate #5	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, sej, ser
52		Environmental	Milk flask isolate #1	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, sej, ser
53		Environmental	Milk flask isolate #2	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, sej, ser
54		Environmental	Milk flask isolate #3	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, sej, ser
55		Environmental	Milk flask isolate #4	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, sej, ser
56		Environmental	Milk flask isolate #5	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, sej, ser
57		Environmental	Milk flask isolate #6	t104	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, sej, ser
58		Environmental	Milk flask isolate #7	t084	NEG**	neg**
59		Environmental	Milk flask isolate #8	t084	NEG**	neg**
60		Environmental	Milk flask isolate #9	t084	NEG**	neg**
61		Environmental	Milk flask isolate #10	t084	NEG**	neg**
62	32	Food	Home-canned tuna fish	t13252	SEA+, SED+	sea, sed, seg, sei, selj, ser	Italy	Home-canned tuna fish	Food handler	2 patients	This work

SFP, staphylococcal food poisoning; spa, gene encoding staphylococcal protein A; seh, staphylococcal enterotoxin type H gene; selk, staphylococcal enterotoxin-like type K gene; selq, staphylococcal enterotoxin-like type Q gene; seb, staphylococcal enterotoxin type B gene; sei, staphylococcal enterotoxin type I gene; sed, staphylococcal enterotoxin type D gene; sej, staphylococcal enterotoxin-like type J; ser, staphylococcal enterotoxin type R gene; seg, staphylococcal enterotoxin type G gene; selm, staphylococcal enterotoxin-like type M gene; seln, staphylococcal enterotoxin-like type N gene; selo, staphylococcal enterotoxin-like type O gene; selu, staphylococcal enterotoxin-like type U gene; SEA+, staphylococcal enterotoxin type A positive; SED+, staphylococcal enterotoxin type D positive

NEG**, negative results to phenotypic

neg**, negative results to genotypic.