TABLE 2.

emm typing of erythromycin-resistant S. pyogenes isolates

Isolate no.a	Resistance gene	emm type	% Identityb	GenBank accession no.
2	erm(B)	18	99	AY497033
3	erm(B)	12	100	AY497034
4	erm(B)	73	100	AY497035
5	erm(A)	89	100	AY497036
6	erm(A)	12	100	AY497037
7	erm(A)	89	100	AY497038
8	erm(A)	12	100	AY497039
9	erm(A)	12	100	AY497025
10	mef(A)	4	100	AY497040
11	mef(A)	6.4	99	AY497026
12	mef(A)	4	100	AY497027
13	mef(A)	4	100	AY497028
14	mef(A)	75	100	AY497029
15	mef(A)	12	100	AY497030
16	mef(A)	4	100	AY497031
17	mef(A)	12	100	AY497032

^aIsolate numbers are the same as in Fig. 2. Isolate 1, an unrelated control strain used for PFGE, was not tested for emm type.

^bThat is, the percent nucleic acid sequence identity between the isolate and the established emm gene sequence, as described in Materials and Methods.