TABLE 1.
Visual and computer analyses of PFGE patterns of middle-ear and nasopharyngeal isolates from children with acute OM
| Child | No. of identical strains from indicated location/no. of strains tested by:
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| Visual analysis
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BioNumerics analysis
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| Nasopharynx | Middle ear | Throat and middle ear | Nasopharynx | Middle ear | Throat and middle ear | |
| P5 | 9/10a | 10/10 | 19/20 | 9/10 | 10/10 | 19/20 |
| P6 | 10/10 | 19/20b | 29/30 | 10/10 | 19/20 | 29/30 |
| K7 | 10/10 | 8/8 | 18/18 | 10/10 | 8/8 | 18/18 |
| K8 | 10/10 | 18/18 | 28/28 | 10/10 | 18/18 | 28/28 |
| K15 | 10/10 | 10/10 | 20/20 | 10/10 | 10/10 | 20/20 |
| K17 | 8/8 | 5/5 | 13/13 | 8/8 | 5/5 | 13/13 |
| K21 | 10/10 | 20/20 | 30/30 | 10/10 | 20/20 | 30/30 |
| K34 | 9/10c | 10/10 | 19/20 | 9/10 | 10/10 | 19/20 |
a
Isolate P5N2.8 showed more than seven band differences from the other isolates from child P5.
b
Isolate P6ME2.9 showed a two-band difference from the other isolates from child P6.
c
Isolate K34N2.6 showed a three-band difference from the other isolates from child K34.