Table 3.
Distribution of the 186 S. agalactiae strains studied and the 3 reference strains (NEM316, A909 and 2603 V/R), as a function of serotype and origin, within MLST clonal complexes
| CC (No. of strains) | ST (No. of STs) | No. of strains (%)1 |
Serotype (No. of strains) |
Origin of strains (No. of strains) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaginal carriage | Gastric fluid | Blood | Cerebro-spinal fluid | Bovine | Ref | ||||
| CC17 (73) | 17 | 56 (89%) | III (55), ND (1) | 15 | 1 | 3 | 37 | - | - |
| Other (11) | 17 | II (5), III (6), ND (6) | 2 | - | - | 1 | 14 | - | |
| CC19 (63) | 19 | 27 (43%) | II (3), III (23), ND (1) | 14 | - | 1 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 1 | 12 | V (11), ND (1) | 10 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Other (13) | 24 | II (7), III (3), IV (4), V (3), ND (7) | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| CC10 (17) | 10 | 9 (53%) | Ia (1), Ib (6), II (2) | 5 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| 12 | 5 | Ib (4), II (1) | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Other (2) | 3 | Ib (3) | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| CC23 (15) | 23 | 10 (67%) | Ia (4), III (6) | 2 | - | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Other (5) | 5 | III (5) | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | |
| CC7 (9) | 7 | 5 (56%) | Ia (4), IV (1) | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Other (3) | 4 | Ib (3), V(1) | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| ST-226/ST-314 (2) | 2 | Ia (1), II (1) | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| ST-300/ST-303 (2) | 2 | ND (2) | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
| Singletons (8) | Various (6) | 8 | II (2), III (2), V (2), ND (2) | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | - |
| Total (189) | 51 | 189 | 71 | 5 | 17 | 59 | 34 | 3 | |
%1, percentage of strains of the ST in the CC
ND: Not determinable