TABLE 3.
Properties of pneumococci carried by more than one child
| ST | Serotype(s)a | No. of children | Allele at MLST locusb:
|
Comment | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aroE | gdh | gki | recP | spi | xpt | ddl | ||||
| 138 | 6A(1)/6B | 18 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 14 | |
| 36 | 23F | 13 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 162 | 9V(5)/19F | 12 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | |
| 176 | 6B | 9 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 14 | |
| 311 | 23F | 9 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | |
| 65 | 6A | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 27 | |
| 9 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 8 | England14-9 clone |
| 402 | 6B | 7 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 14 | |
| 199 | 15B(3)/15C | 7 | 8 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 14 | |
| 180 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 22 | |
| 124 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 14 | |
| 113 | 18C | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 21 | |
| 66 | 9N | 4 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 62 | 11A | 4 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 14 | |
| 392 | 17F | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 31 | 14 | |
| 422 | 19F | 4 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 14 | |
| 53 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 3 | 14 | |
| 411 | 15B(1)/15C | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 14 | |
| 415 | 19A | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 15 | 31 | |
| 433 | 22F | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 58 | 17 | |
| 60 | 33F | 3 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | |
| 146 | 6B | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 14 | |
| 273 | 6B | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | |
| 400 | 6B | 2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 57 | 6 | 14 | |
| 156 | 9V/14 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | Spain9V-3 clone |
| 97 | 10A | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 27 | |
| 218 | 12F | 2 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 29 | |
| 121 | 18C | 2 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 21 | |
| 416 | 19A | 2 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 51 | 14 | |
| 420 | 19F | 2 | 15 | 38 | 19 | 5 | 36 | 20 | 6 | |
| 421 | 19F | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 48 | 6 | |
| 423 | 19F | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | |
| 424 | 19F | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 8 | |
| 177 | 19F | 2 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| 235 | 20 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 31 | |
| 72 | 24F | 2 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | |
| 393 | 38 | 2 | 10 | 43 | 41 | 18 | 13 | 49 | 6 | |
a
Number of isolates of the minority serotype in parentheses.
b
aroE, gene encoding shikimate dehydrogenase; gdh, gene encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase; gki, gene encoding glucose kinase; spi, gene encoding signal peptidase I; xpt, gene encoding xanthine phosphotransferase; ddl, gene encoding d-ala-d-ala ligase.