TABLE 3.

Distribution of the sequence types of Kingella kingae by clinical syndromes

STa	Data by clinical syndromeb												All syndromes (no.)c
	Carriage			OAI			Occult bacteremia			Endocarditis
	n	OR (95% CI)	P	n	OR (95% CI)	P	n	OR (95% CI)	P	n	OR (95% CI)	P
6	13	0.51 (0.24–1.02)	0.047	30		NS	11		NS	4		NS	60
14	3	0.13 (0.02–0.41)	<0.001	32	3.66 (1.77–7.94)d	<0.001	6		NS	0		NS	45
22e	4		NS	7		NS	2		NS	0		NS	13
23e	5		NS	6		NS	3		NS	1		NS	16
24e	4		NS	3			3		NS	3	9.89 (1.50–48.62)	0.009	13
25	4	0.33 (0.08–0.99)	0.035	18	2.42 (1.02–6.09)	0.03	0		NS	1		NS	28
35	4		NS	8		NS	3		NS	0		NS	16
Other	72	5.54 (3.27–9.55)	<0.001f	49	0.50 (0.31–0.81)	0.003	12			4		NS	133
Total	106			153			40			13			324

^aST, sequence type.

^bOR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; OAI, osteoarticular infection; NS, not significant.

^cAll represented strains from carriage, OAI, occult bacteremia, endocarditis, skin and soft tissue, and unknown origins.

^dBold type represents significant positive association.

^eBelonged to ST-23.

^fAmong these, other STs, including ST-3, ST-34, and ST-5 (P < 0.001) and ST-11 and ST-27 (P = 0.003), were positively associated with healthy carriage.