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Published in final edited form as: J Infect. 2016 Apr 1;72(6):698–705. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2016.03.015

Table 3.

Discriminatory indices of strain characterization methods within participants

Participant ID	Strain characterization method
	Genotypic		Phenotypic		Aggregate^a

	# Distinct strains	Discriminatory index	# Distinct strains	Discriminatory index	# Distinct strains	Discriminatory index
A	6	0.60	1	n/a	6	0.60
B	5	0.40	4	0.51	9	0.61
C	6	0.78	3	0.43	7	0.81
D	1	n/a	1	n/a	1	n/a
E	6	0.71	2	0.47	8	0.83
F	3	0.29	1	n/a	3	0.29
G	2	0.60	2	0.60	2	0.60
H	2	0.34	1	n/a	2	0.34
I	5	0.76	2	0.29	5	0.76
J	3	0.59	3	0.33	5	0.64
K	1	n/a	1	n/a	1	n/a
L	2	0.54	1	n/a	2	0.54
M	1	n/a	1	n/a	1	n/a
N	1	n/a	1	n/a	1	n/a

Abbreviations: n/a, not applicable

Aggregate represents the combination of genotypic and phenotypic strain characterization methods.