Table 3.

Spa and MLST distribution among S. aureus carriage and SSI isolates

ID	Hospital	Ward	Region	Type of surgery	Spaa	STa	Spab	STb	Spa-SSI	SSI-ST
4	Bugando	E8	Mara	ORIF	–	–	–	–	t690	88
26	Bugando	C6	Mara	Craniotomy	–	–	t4353	72	t4353	72
67	Bugando	C6	Shinyanga	Amputation	–	–	–	–	t355	152
106	Bugando	C6	Mwanza	Cholecystectomy	–	–	–	–	t355	152
150	Bugando	J5	Mara	CRelease	–	–	t095	508	t1257	612
152	Bugando	J5	Shinyanga	ORIF					t1257	612
191	Bugando	C9	Mara	VPShunt	t148	3118	t223	22	t223	22
379	Bugando	C6	Mwanza	Laparatomy	t355	152	t311	5	t311	5
ST111	SToure	MAT	Mwanza	Csection	t148	3118	t148	3118	t148	3118
ST148	SToure	MAT	Mwanza	Csection	t002	5	t223	4266*	t223	4266*
ST159	SToure	MAT	Mwanza	Csection	t002	5	t002	5	t002	5
ST302	SToure	MAT	Mwanza	Csection	t355	152	t355	152	t355	152

a admission, b discharge SSI Surgical site infection CRelease contracture release; ORIF; Open Reduction Internal Fixation; Csection Caesarean Section; ST sequence type; *New ST