Table 3. Number of isolate pairs clustering within the same worldwide clonal cluster using the PC and KL methods in the centrally performed pattern analysis.
| Percentage similarity | No. of isolate pairs | |
| PC method | KL method | |
| ≥95 | 84 | 62 |
| 93.5–94.9 | 11 | 22 |
| ≤93.4 | 5 | 16 |