TABLE 1.
Properties of representatives of Pneumococcal Molecular Epidemiology Network clones detected in this study
| Strain code | PG MIC (μg/ml) | Antibiotic resistancea | Serotype | PFGE patternb | ST | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 542 | 1.5 | C, TE, SXT, TX | 23F | A | 886 | SLV of Spain 23F-1 |
| 4450 | 0.75 | C, TE, SXT | 23F | A | 81 | Spain 23F-1 |
| 2574 | 0.5 | C, TE, SXT | 19A | A | 81 | Spain 23F-1 |
| 1570 | 0.75 | SXT | 14 | B | 156 | Spain 9V-3 |
| 2807 | 2 | E, DA, TE, SXT, TX | 14 | B | 893 | DLV of Spain 9V-3 |
| 2737 | 1.5 | E, DA | 14 | B | 143 | DLV of Spain 9V-3 |
| 4140 | 0.047 | E, DA, TE, SXT | 9V | B | 162 | SLV of Spain 9V-3 |
| 1683 | 1.5 | SXT | NTc | B | 156 | Spain 9V-3 |
| 952 | 0.023 | E | 14 | R | 9 | England 14-9 |
| 3451 | 0.5 | E, DA, SXT | 14 | R | 15 | SLV of England 14-9 |
| 1309 | 0.094 | 23F | FF | 338 | Colombia 23F-26 | |
| 2844 | 0.094 | 23F | FF | 338 | Colombia 23F-26 | |
| 2901 | 0.094 | 15B | FF | 172 | SLV of Colombia 23F-26 | |
| 1304 | 0.094 | 6A | 1150 | DLV of Colombia 23F-26 | ||
| 3831 | 0.094 | 6A | 1150 | DLV of Colombia 23F-26 | ||
| 1730 | 0.19 | E, DA, TE | 15A | DDD | 63 | Sweden 15A-25 |
| 464 | 0.125 | E, DA, TE | 19F | DDD | 1149 | SLV of Sweden 15A-25 |
| 1331 | 0.023 | E, DA, TE | 19A | DDD | 63 | Sweden 15A-25 |
| 3919 | 0.094 | E, DA, TE | 6B | E | 887 | SLV of Poland 6B-20 |
| 1605 | 0.094 | E, DA, TE | 6B | E | 887 | SLV of Poland 6B-20 |
| 1282 | 0.016 | E, DA, TE | 19F | H | 179 | SLV of Portugal 19F-21 |
| 4099 | 0.047 | E, DA, TE | 19F | H | 179 | SLV of Portugal 19F-21 |
| 3026 | 0.012 | C, E, DA, TE, SXT | 6B | M | 895 | SLV of Greece 6B-22 |
| 3536 | 0.016 | C, E, DA, TE, SXT | 6B | M | 273 | Greece 6B-22 |
| 1175 | 0.023 | C, E, DA, TE, SXT | 6A | M | 273 | Greece 6B-22 |
| 3104 | 1 | C, E, DA, TE, SXT | 6B | SI | 90 | Spain 6B-2 |
| 2236 | 0.75 | C, E, DA, TE, SXT | 6B | SI | 90 | Spain 6B-2 |
| 4034 | 1 | C, E, DA, TE, SXT | 14 | SP | 17 | SLV of Spain 14-5 |
| 2667 | 1.5 | E, DA, TE, SXT | 14 | SP | 17 | SLV of Spain 14-5 |
| 2703 | 0.023 | E | 6B | HHH | 469 | DLV of Hungary 19A-6 |
| 2743 | 0.016 | E | 6B | HHH | 469 | |
| 3572 | 0.023 | E, DA, TE | 6B | AL | 176 | DLV of Hungary 19A-6 |
| 4058 | 0.023 | E, DA, TE | 6B | AL | 176 | DLV of Hungary 19A-6 |
a
Abbreviations: C, chloramphenicol; E, erythromycin; DA, clindamycin; TE, tetracycline; SXT, sulfamethoxazole-trimethoprim; TX, ceftriaxone; PG, penicillin. SLV, single-locus variants; DLV, double-locus variants.
b
Numbers of isolates with each PFGE clonal type were as follows: A, 42; B, 184; R, 78; FF, 200; QQ, 5; DDD, 46; E, 135; H, 54; M, 119; SI, 44; SP, 10; HHH, 22; and AL, 6.
c
NT, nontypeable.