TABLE 3.
Correlation between 16S rRNA typing, MLST, and serotyping results on 321 N. meningitidis isolates
| 16S rRNA typing | MLST
|
SerT | SerST | No. of isolates | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complex | Type | Complex | Type | |||
| 13 | 13 | ST-11 complex/ET-37 complex | 11 | 2a | P1.2 | 37 |
| P1.5 | 18 | |||||
| P1.5,2 | 9 | |||||
| P1.9 | 1 | |||||
| NST (P1.5,2)a | 3 | |||||
| 574 | 2a | P1.2 | 1 | |||
| 3323 | NT (2a)b | P1.5,2 | 1 | |||
| 245 | 5121 | 2a | P1.2 | 9 | ||
| P1.5,2 | 34 | |||||
| NST (P1.5,2)a | 1 | |||||
| NT (2a)b | P1.5,2 | 1 | ||||
| 91 | 91 | ST-8 complex/cluster A4 | 8 | 2b | P1.2 | 1 |
| P1.3 | 69 | |||||
| P1.5 | 3 | |||||
| P1.5,2 | 1 | |||||
| NST (P1.3)a | 5 | |||||
| 153 | 2b | P1.10 | 2 | |||
| 131 | 153 | 2b | P1.10 | 2 | ||
| 242 | 8 | 2b | P1.3 | 1 | ||
| 17 | 17 | ST-103 complex | 3779 | 23 | P1.5 | 2 |
| P1.14-6 | 37 | |||||
| NST (P1.14-6)a | 4 | |||||
| 3780 | 23 | P1.14-6 | 29 | |||
| 5122 | 23 | P1.14-6 | 27 | |||
| NST (P1.14-6)a | 2 | |||||
| 5123 | 23 | P1.14-6 | 1 | |||
| 4 | 4 | ST-32 complex/ET-5 complex | 34 | 4,7 | P1.16 | 1 |
| 33, 34, 639 | P1.19,15 | 5 | ||||
| 34 | NST | 1 | ||||
| 9 | 34 | 4,21 | P1.12 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 5 | ST-5 complex/subgroup III | 203 | 4 | P1.9 | 1 |
| 25 | 41 | ST-41/44 complex/lineage 3 | 1362 | 19.1 | NST | 1 |
| 2a | P1.22-1,14 | 1 | ||||
| 19,14 | P1.22-1,14 | 1 | ||||
| 246 | 2042 | 10 | P1.9 | 1 | ||
| NST | 1 | |||||
| 17,1 | P1.9 | 1 | ||||
| 19,1 | NST | 1 | ||||
| 30 | 30 | ST-231 complex | 1011 | NT | P1.7,1 | 3 |
| NST | 1 | |||||
| Total | 321 | |||||
a
The PorA VR type is indicated by parentheses.
b
The PorB VR type is indicated by parentheses.