TABLE 1.

spa types of consecutive S. aureus strains from the airways of individual CF patients

Patienta	spa typeb	Repeatsc	No. of isolatesd	Commentse
1	8	r11r19r12r21r17r34r24r34r22r25	6
2	15	r08r16r02r16r34r13r17r34r16r34	12	Ancestor
	50	r08r16r02r16r34r34r17r34r16r34	3	pm, AAC to AAA, (Asp-Lys) at pos 6
3	71	r26r23r23r17r34r17r20r17r12r17r16	10	Ancestor
	2	r26r23r17r34r17r20r17r12r17r16	1	del of r23 at pos 3
	72	r26r23r23r17r12r17r16	2	del of r34r17r20r17 at pos 5
4	154	r04r44r33r31r12r16r34r22r17r25r22r22r34	10
5	84	r07r23r12r34r34r12r12r23r02r12r23	11	Ancestor
	85	r07r23r12r34r34r12r23r02r12r23	1	del of r12 at pos 7
6	80	r09r02r16r34r42r17r16r34	11
7	91	r07r23r21r17r34r12r23r02r12r23	24	Ancestor
	250	r07r16r23r21r17r34r12r23r02r12r23	1	dupl with pm at pos 2, GGC to GGG (Gly-Gly)
8	78	r04r21r12r41r20r17r12r12r17	18	Ancestor
	87	r04r21r12r41r20r17r12r12r17r17	1	dupl of r17 at pos 10
	79	r04r21r12r41	5	del of r20r17r12r12r17 at pos 5
9	9	r11r12r21r17r34r24r34r22r24r34r22r33r25	15
10	91	r07r23r21r17r34r12r23r02r12r23	11

^aIndividual CF patients.

^bNumerical spa types.

^cRepeats of the respective spa types.

^dNumber of isolates that were sequenced and were found to display the different spa types.

^epm, point mutation; del, deletion; pos, position of the repeat; dupl, duplication.