TABLE 3.
Frequency and distribution of phage types in 195 S. aureus isolates collected in three Canadian provinces
Phage type | No. of phage types in:
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Total
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Ontario
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Quebec
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PEI
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No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
1 | 34 | 38.6 | 10 | 10.3 | 8 | 80.0 | 52 | 26.7 |
3 | 18 | 20.5 | 52 | 53.6 | 1 | 10.0 | 71 | 36.4 |
Nontypeable | 32 | 36.4 | 32 | 33.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 64 | 32.8 |
Othera | 4 | 4.5 | 3 | 3.1 | 1 | 10.0 | 8 | 4.1 |
Total | 88 | 100.0 | 97 | 100.0 | 10 | 100.0 | 195 | 100.0 |
Phage types with fewer than three isolates.