Table 2.
Number of types and diversity of the isolates when characterized by each typing method
| Typing method | All isolates (n = 898) |
Isolates characterized by MLST (n = 440) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of types found | SID (CI95) | No. of types found | SID (CI95) | |
| Serotype | 9 | 0.793 (0.781–0.805) | 9 | 0.777 (0.755–0.798) |
| alp locus | 6 | 0.697 (0.682–0.712) | 6 | 0.687 (0.664–0.711) |
| PI combination | 4 | 0.630 (0.614–0.646) | 4 | 0.653 (0.638–0.668) |
| PFGE (80%)a | 88 | 0.906 (0.895–0.918) | 67 | 0.915 (0.900–0.929) |
| MLST | 54 | 0.894 (0.878–0.910) | ||
a
PFGE clusters were defined as groups of isolates with ≥80% relatedness on the dendrogram.