TABLE 1.

Isolates used to establish a Bionumerics database of serotype-specific patterns

Serotype	Strain	Clinical sourcea
1	RFH 116, RFH 206	BC
3	Tz 8810-1, Tz 2604-1b, Tz 2604-1a, Tz 5809.2	TS
4	Tz 1104-2, Tz 3682-2, Tz 2706-1	TS
5	Tz 7310-1	TS
6A	RFH 260, RFH 6	BC
	Tz 4613-3, Tz 4202-1, Tz 1003-2, Tz 1003-3	TS
	HPA 6A	C
6B	Tz 5303-2, Tz 7712-2b	TS
	RFH 200, RFH 221	BC
	HPA 6B	C
7F	HPA 7F	C
7A	HPA 7A	C
7B	HPA 7B	C
7C	Tz 2514-1, Tz 4711-1, Tz 5310-2	TS
8	Tz 4603-3	TS
9A	HPA 9A	C
9L	HPA 9L	C
9N	RFH 18, RFH 48, RFH 93	BC
9V	RFH 78, RFH 98, RFH 120	BC
10B	HPA 10B	C
10C	HPA 10C	C
11A	HPA 11A	C
11B	HPA 11B	C
11 (subtype not known)	Tz 1101-2, Tz 3912-1, Tz 1102-1, Tz 5907-1	TS
12F/B	Tz 3407-1, Tz 8103-2	TS
13	HPA 13	TS
14	RFH 16, RFH 34, RFH 40	BC
15A	HPA 15A	C
15C	HPA 15C	C
17F	HPA 17F	C
18F	HPA 18F	C
18A	HPA 18A	C
18B/C	Tz 8715-1	TS
19A	RFH 25	BC
	HPA 19A	C
19B	HPA 19B	C
19F	RFH 5, RFH 32	BC
	Tz 2701-2, Tz 7910-1	TS
20	Tz 1103-1	TS
21	HPA 21	C
22	RFH 33	BC
23A	HPA 23A	C
23F	RFH 13, RFH 329, RFH 6, RFH 7	BC
24F	HPA 24F	C
24A	HPA 24A	C
24B	HPA 24B	C
25F	HPA 25F
25A	HPA 25A	C
29	HPA 29	C
32F	HPA 32F	C
35A	HPA 35A	C
38	HPA 38	C

^aC, control strains from a reference laboratory; TS, carriage isolates from throat swabs; BC, isolates from blood culture.