TABLE 4.
Hybridization signatures for clinical strains
| Signaturea | No. of positive probes | No. of isolates from:
|
Total no. of strains | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with pyelonephritis | Patients with cystitis | Patients with catheterrelated bacteriuria | Fecal sample | |||
| 11111111111 | 11 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 36 |
| 11111101111 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| 11111011111 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
| 11111111101 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| 11111111110 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 11111101110 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 11111001111 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 11111101101 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 11111100001 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11111000001 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 11111100000 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 10000111110 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 11111000000 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 00000101100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 00000001100 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 00000100000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 00000000000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 12 |
Signatures (denoting positive [1] or negative [0] hybridization with 11 probes) represented by only one or two strains are as follows: for patients with pyelonephritis, 11111111100, 11111001101, 11110011110, 01111011001, 01111000111, 11110101100, 01110001111, 01001101101, 11101000101, 11110001100, 00000111110, 10000100011, 01010000001, 10000000011, 01110000000, 00000100001; for patients with cystitis, 11111010111, 11111011101, 11111111001, 11111100101, 01111011101, 11111010001, 11111010000, 11111000100, 00000111111, 01110000001, 00000000101, 00000000001; for patients with cathe- ter-associated bacteriuria, 11111100111, 01011011111, 11111101100, 11111101001, 1111100101, 11111101000, 11110001110, 01111100001, 11011010100, 10000101110, 01101000011, 11110000001, 01000101100, 10010000000, 10000000100, 01000100000, 00000010000, 10000000000; fecal samples, 11111100111, 01111101111, 10000101110, 11110100000, 11001000001, 01000010100, 01000010000, 00000001000.