Table 4.

Band patterns by AluI restriction enzyme digestion of PCR products

	HospitalM			Total
	Faghihi	Ghotbodin	Namazi
	81-162-486	4(1.5%)	0(0.0%)		0(0.0%)	4(1.5%)
162-324-486	5(1.8%)	0(0.0%)	4(1.5%)	9(3.3%)
81-162-405	23(8.4%)	0(0.0%)	12(4.4%)	35(12.8%)
324-405	55(20.1%)	3(1.1%)	45(16.5%)	103(37.7%)
162-243-405	11(4.0%)	0(0.0%)	6(2.2%)	17(6.2%)
162-567	2(0.7%)	0(0.0%)	3(1.1%)	5(1.8%)
243-405	3(1.1%)	0(0.0%)	0(0.0%)	3(1.1%)
81-324-405	12(4.4%)	0(0.0%)	11(4.0%)	23(8.4%)
81-162-567	2(0.7%)	0(0.0%)	1(0.4%)	3(1.1%)
81-243-324	4(1.5%)	0(0.0%)	3(1.1%)	7(2.6%)
324-486	1(0.4%)	1(0.4%)	0(0.0%)	2(0.7%)
405-486	3(1.1%)	0(0.0%)	1(0.4%)	4(1.5%)
81-162-324	2(0.7%)	0(0.0%)	0(0.0%)	2(0.7%)
162-243-324	1(0.4%)	0(0.0%)	3(1.1%)	4(1.5%)
243-567	1(0.4%)	0(0.0%)	1(0.4%)	2(0.7%)
162-405	1(0.4%)	0(0.0%)	1(0.4%)	2(0.7%)
162-486	3(1.1%)	0(0.0%)	0(0.0%)	3(1.1%)
162-648	2(0.7%)	0(0.0%)	2(0.7%)	4(1.5%)
Others*	4(1.6%)	1(0.4%)	3(1.2%)	8(3.2%)
Undigested	22(8.1%)	1(0.4%)	10(3.7%)	33(12.1%)
Total	161(59.0%)	6(2.2%)	106(38.8%)	273(100.0%)

^*Others are the patterns that produced only by one sample including 81-162-324-405, 243-486, 81-243-567, 81-243-405, 81-405-486, 81-162-243-405, 162-729, 162-324-405