TABLE 2.

Pattern combination of plasmid profiles, plasmid and chromosomal fingerprints, ribotypes, and RAPD types^a

Pattern	PP	PI/PV	DV	DM	R	PCR	No. of strains isolated in indicated yr										No. of strains from OP	Total (%)
							1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
1a	Nil		DV1	DM1	R1	PCR1				2					3	2		7 (3)
1b	PP1	PI1/PV1	DV1	DM1	R1	PCR1		1	1	7	13	7	23	31	27	44	16	170 (62)
1c	PP1	PI2/PI2	DV1	DM1	R1	PCR1									2	3		5 (2)
1d–1t	Various	Various	DV1	DM1	R1	PCR1		1	1		1	5	1	6	7	11	1	34 (12)
2a–2d	Various	Various	DV1	DM2	R1	PCR1					2			2	2	2		8 (3)
3a–3c	Various	Various	DV2	DM1	R1	PCR1			2						5	4	2	13 (5)
4	PP1	PI1/PV1	DV1	DM3	R1	PCR1				1	1	2	1					5 (2)
5–28	Various	Various	DV1–DV4	DM1–DM8	R1–R15	PCR1–PCR6	1	1			10	3	5	1	2	6	4	33 (12)
Total							1	3	4	10	27	17	30	40	48	72	23	275 (100)

^aAbbreviations: PP, plasmid profile; PI/PV, plasmid fingerprint; DV, chromosomal fingerprint by EcoRV restriction; DM, chromosomal fingerprint by MluI restriction; R, ribotype; PCR, RAPD pattern; OP, outpatients.