TABLE 3.

Distribution of the sdrC-positive, sdrD-negative, sdrE-negative gene profile among sequence types defined by multilocus sequence typing

ST (allelic profile)	No. of strains	Source of isolation
1 (1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1)	3	Nasal carriage
12 (1, 3, 1, 8, 11, 5, 11)	2	Nasal carriage (n = 1)
		Blood infection (n = 1)
25 (4, 1, 4, 1, 5, 5, 4)	2	Nasal carriage
30 (2, 2, 2, 2, 6, 3, 2)	6	Nasal carriage (n = 2)
		Blood infection (n = 4)
34 (8, 2, 2, 2, 6, 3, 2)	3	Nasal carriage
39 (2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2)	2	Nasal carriage (n = 1)
		Blood infection (n = 1)
45 (10, 14, 8, 6, 10, 3, 2)	2	Nasal carriage (n = 1)
		Blood infection (n = 1)
47 (10, 11, 8, 6, 10, 3, 2)	3	Nasal carriage
182 (18, 18, 6, 2, 13, 15, 18)	2	Nasal carriage
New-1 (3, 1, 31, 1, 29, 5, 3)	1	Nasal carriage
New-2 (3, 51, 1, 1, 4, 4, 3)	3	Nasal carriage