Table 1. Number of genotypes, clonal complexes and singletons retrieved from the four genotyping schemes.

Typing methods	No. of types	SID	95% CI
PFGE	90	0.989	(0.984–0.995)
MLVA	85	0.980	(0.970–0.991)
DL (cut-off 95%)	61	0.961	(0.946–0.977)
DL (cut-off 93%)	46	0.937	(0.915–0.958)
MLST	67	0.906	(0.860–0.951)