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. 2009 Dec 21;4(12):e8360. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008360

Table 4. Fourteen isolates and six ulcer specimens from tularemia patients in Sweden 2008 characterized by the developed hierarchical real-time PCR array.

Category FSC no.a Sample IDb Location of the receiving hospital Table 5 genotype Figure 3 subclade
Isolates 792 32–92 Säffle 13 B4.Ftind49/18
844 32–280 Uddevalla 13 B4.Ftind49/18
780 32–51 Luleå 16 B3.23/[24], [25]
785 32–75 Falun 16 B3.23/[24], [25]
812 32–123 Sunderbyn 16 B3.23/[24], [25]
816 32–142 Boden 16 B3.23/[24], [25]
823 32–155 Lövånger 16 B3.23/[24], [25]
831 32–173 Skellefteå 16 B3.23/[24], [25]
794 24–95 Östersund 19 B1.20/21
777 32–38c Örebro 19 B1.21/22
787 32–79 Umeå 20d B1.21/22
778 32–47c Ljusdal 20d B1.21/22
783 32–69 Färila 21 B1.FSC200
817 32–145 Bollnäs 21 B1.FSC200
Ulcer specimens 32–151e Jönköpingf 16, 17 or 18g B3.23/[24], [25]
32–300e Gävle 16, 17 or 18g B3.23/[24], [25]
32–87e Umeå 16, 17 or 18g B3.23/[24], [25]
32–215 e Uddevalla 19h B1.20/21
32–38c Örebro 20h B1.21/22
32–47c Ljusdal 20h B1.21/22
a

Strain ID in the Francisella Strain Collection, Swedish Defense Research Agency, Umeå, Sweden.

b

Sample ID at the Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.

c

Isolate FSC777 and ulcer specimens 32–38 are from the same patient. Isolate FSC778 and ulcer specimens 32–47 are from the same patient.

d

The exact genotype could not be determined due to detection failure of marker B.22 (the difference in time of appearance between the two PCR products was less than one cycle).

e

F. tularensis cultures were negative.

f

The patient reported probable acquisition of tularemia when visiting the county of Jämtland, where the regional center is Östersund.

g

The genotype and subclade were assigned based on marker B.20, which exhibited an A for all three specimens, and on marker B.23, which exhibited a T. No other markers were screened due to scarcity of DNA.

h

The genotype and subclade were assigned based on: marker B.20, which exhibited a G for all three specimens; on marker B.21, which exhibited a G for specimens 32–215, and an A for specimens 32–38 and 32–47; and on marker B.22, which exhibited a G for specimens 32–38 and 32–47. No other markers were screened due to scarcity of DNA.