TABLE 2.
Correlation between emm typing, ribotyping, and PFGE typing of erythromycin-resistant S. pyogenes isolated in two different time periods in Spain
| emm type | Type (no.) of isolates collected in:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-1997
|
1998-1999
|
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| Ribotype | PFGE type | Ribotype | PFGE type | |
| 4 | a (1) | A (1) | ||
| b (1) | B (1) | |||
| c (4) | C (3), K (1) | c (9) | C (8), E (1) | |
| d (1) | D (1) | |||
| f (1) | F (1) | |||
| g (1) | G (1) | |||
| e (1) | M (1) | |||
| st1815 | h (1) | H (1) | ||
| n (1) | N (1) | |||
| j (2) | J (1), P (1) | j (6) | J (6) | |
| g (1) | R (1) | |||
| l (1) | L (1) | |||
| c (1) | C (1) | |||
| t (1) | T (1) | |||
| v (1) | V (1) | |||
| 75 | j (10) | J (10) | ||