Table 1. Cluster conservation (integrity) based on rep-PCR fingerprints generated at the two laboratories.
Cluster | Testing laboratory and no. of isolates in cluster | |
Cleveland | Cologne | |
A | 5 | 5 |
B | 4 | 2 |
C | 2 | 2 |
D | 4 | 5 |
E | 29* | 23 and 6* |
Unclustered | 6 | 7 |
WW1 | 5 | 5 |
WW2 | 8 | 8 |
WW3 | 5 | 5 |
WW4 | 4 | 4 |
WW5 | 5 | 5 |
WW6 | 5 | 5 |
WW7 | 6 | 5 |
WW8 | 5 | 5 |
Unclustered | 7 | 8 |
Twenty-nine isolates clustered together from data generated in Cleveland. These same isolates formed two clusters of 6 and 23 isolates when rep-PCR was performed in Cologne.