TABLE 1.

Distribution of biotypes of PCR-confirmed NTHI isolates from 1989 to 2006 and association with IS1016^a

Isolate	No. of NTHI isolates with the following biotype:
	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII
NTHI with IS1016	9	2	7	4	16	2	1
NTHI without IS1016	40	213	92	15	4	6	3
NTHI IS1016 N/Ab	2	1	1	3	0	0	0
Total	51	216	100	22	20	8	4

^a213 PCR-confirmed NTHI isolates collected from 1 August 1998 to 31 December 2006 have been added to 208 previously reported NTHI isolates (Table 4 in the article by Satola et al. [53]).

^bNTHI IS1016 N/A, NTHI isolates for which the IS1016 status is not available (unknown).