Table 1.
Overview of the GBS sequence types and capsular serotypes obtained in the current study
| CC and/or ST | No. of isolates |
Capsular serotype(s) (no. of isolates) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Colonizing | Invasive | Total | Colonizing | Invasive | |
| CC1a | ||||||
| ST-1 | 16 | 9 | 7 | V (15), Ia (1) | V (9) | V (6), Ia (1) |
| ST-2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | II (4), V (1) | II (4) | V (1) |
| CC10a | ||||||
| ST-8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | Ib (5) | Ib (5) | |
| ST-10 | 20 | 10 | 10 | Ib (18), II (2) | Ib (9), II (1) | Ib (9), II (1) |
| ST-12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | V (2), Ib (1) | V (1) | V (1), Ib (1) |
| CC17a | ||||||
| ST-17 | 28 | 20 | 8 | III (28) | III (20) | III (8) |
| ST-484 | 8 | 2 | 6 | III (8) | III (2) | III (6) |
| CC19a | ||||||
| ST-19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | III (5), V (3) | III (5), V (1) | V (2) |
| ST-28 | 6 | 3 | 3 | II (6) | II (3) | II (3) |
| ST-182 | 9 | 4 | 5 | III (9) | III (4) | III (5) |
| CC23a | ||||||
| ST-23 | 44 | 24 | 20 | Ia (42), III (2) | Ia (24) | Ia (18), III (2) |
| ST-492 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ia (1) | Ia (1) | |
| ST-501 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ia (1) | Ia (1) | |
| Singletons | ||||||
| ST-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | IV (1) | IV (1) | |
| ST-4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ia (1) | Ia (1) | |
| ST-24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Ia (1) | Ia (1) | |
| ST-26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | V (3) | V (2) | V (1) |
| ST-103 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ia (1) | Ia (1) | |
| ST-327 | 1 | 0 | 1 | V (1) | V (1) | |
| ST-328 | 4 | 2 | 2 | V (4) | V (2) | V (2) |
| ST-485 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Ia (1) | Ia (1) | |
| ST-486 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Ia (2) | Ia (1) | Ia (1) |
a
Fisher's exact test P value, 0.000 (comparison among CCs).