Table 5.
Simpson’s index of diversity and 95% Confidence intervals (CI 95% ) of the typing methods used in the analysis of the 160 invasive isolates and 320 pharyngitis isolates
| Typing method |
Invasive |
Pharyngitis |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. types | SID [CI 95% ] | No. types | SID [CI 95% ] | |
| T typing |
13 |
0.882 [0.859-0.904] |
17 |
0.915 [0.907-0.923] |
|
emm typing |
30 |
0.920 [0.900-0.940] |
26 |
0.921 [0.911-0.931] |
| PFGE profiling |
30 |
0.930 [0.912-0.947] |
44 |
0.947 [0.939-0.954] |
| SAg profiling | 27 | 0.911 [0.891-0.931] | 46 | 0.941 [0.932-0.951] |