TABLE 2.

Spoligotypes of 66 M. tuberculosis isolates from CSF cultures from meningitis patients at six Egyptian fever hospitals

Spoligo- type	No. of isolates	Spoligotypea	RFLP type(s) (no. of isolates if >1)
1b	8	703777740003171	1 (2), 15 (2), 19 (2), 20 (2)
2	2	577767777760771	2 (2)
3	2	777767777620771	3, 47
4	2	777767607760771	4, 42
5b	14	777777777760771	5, 7, 16, 17 (6), 25, 28, 29, 45, 53
6	3	777777607760771	6, 23 (2)
7	1	777767404760771	8
8	1	777727637760771	9
9	1	777767637760771	10
10	1	777701007760771	11
11	1	577747404760671	12
12	1	000000007760770	13
13	2	773777777740171	14 (2)
14b	1	716377777760771	18
15	1	703777400001771	21
16	2	776367377760771	22, 33
17b	1	377777607760771	24
18	2	516347777760771	26 (2)
19	1	711762007760771	27
20	1	011203777760671	30
21	1	777777000360771	31
22	1	777777404760771	32
23	1	701773760003171	34
24	1	777727777760771	35
25	2	777767777760771	36, 51
26	1	514347776560761	37
27	1	777777757760771	38
28	1	777767770000000	39
29	2	437767777760771	40, 48
30	1	534307637760771	41
31b	1	776377777760771	43
32b	1	777737777760731	44
33	1	761767776000371	46
34	1	731047436540661	49
35	1	777767774020771	50
36	1	011340607740661	52
Total	66		53

^a15-digit octal code (2).\

^bType found among Assiut isolates (1).