TABLE 3.
Distribution of four-gene STs among Salmonella isolates
| Four-gene STa | No. of isolates |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salmonella serotype 4,5,12:i:− | Salmonella serotype Typhimurium | Inconsistent Salmonella serotypeb | Total | |
| 1 | 85 | 84 | 3 | 172 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
a
STs were based on ATs for partial fimA, mdh, manB, and aroC sequences.
b
These isolates were serotyped as Salmonella serotype 4,5,12:i:− in one replicate and Salmonella serotype Typhimurium in another replicate (including one isolate that was classified as Salmonella serotype 4,5,12:i:− in two replicates and Salmonella serotype Typhimurium in one replicate) and were thus designated “inconsistent.”