TABLE 1.

Molecular characteristics of Sp6C isolates from Jewish and Bedouin children in southern Israel from 1999 to 2008: distribution by isolation site

ST	Total no. of isolatesa	No. (%)b from:		No. from:
				NP		MEF		Conjunctiva		Blood
		Jc	Bd	J	B	J	B	J	B	J	B
ST3531	52	8 (14.8)	44 (84.6)	7	37	1	4	0	3	0	0
ST1692	29	28 (51.9)	1 (1.9)	27	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
ST4387	5	5 (9.3)	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ST4386	5	5 (9.3)	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
ST367	6	2 (3.7)	4 (7.7)	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
ST4439	2	2 (3.7)	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ST4438	1	1 (1.9)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ST123	1	1 (1.9)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ST4601	1	1 (1.9)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
ST4440	1	0	1 (1.9)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
ST4441	1	0	1 (1.9)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
ST4442	1	0	1 (1.9)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
ST4381	1	1 (1.9)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	106	54	52	49	42	4	4	1	4	0	2

^aNumber of isolates based on PFGE data and MLST of representative isolates of each PFGE cluster (a total of 18).

^bPercentage of each clone in the total number of Sp6C isolates from each ethnic group.

^cJ, Jewish children.

^dB, Bedouin children.