TABLE 1.
Distribution of predominant S. enterica serotype Enteritidis subtypes among clinical, food, and poultry isolates identified in Chile
| Subtype | No. of isolates
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| Clinical | Food | Poultry | Total (%) | |
| B38-pt1 | 81 | 28 | 21 | 130 (32.3) |
| B3-pt4 | 93 | 31 | 27 | 151 (37.6) |
| B1-pt8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 (2.2) |
| B22-pt4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 (2.2) |
| B56-pt21 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 (1.5) |
| B17-pt4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1.2) |
| B3-pt1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 (1.0) |
| B56-pt1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 (1.0) |
| B55-pt4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 (0.7) |
| B40-pt1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 (0.7) |
| B36-pt4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 (0.7) |
| B25-pt4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (0.2) |
| Other subtypes | 65 | 5 | 3 | 73 (18.2) |
| Total | 273 | 72 | 57 | 402 (100) |