Table 3.
Genotypic and phenotypic serogroup determination, clonal complex, and sequence type of carried N. meningitidis identified as serogroup B by real time PCR (rt-PCR) (N=781) isolated from carriage evaluation participants at an Oregon university, March 2015–February 2016
| N | Genotypic serogroup (rt-PCR) | Phenotypic serogroup (SASG) | Clonal complex | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | NG | CC1117 | 11855 |
| 1 | B | NG | CC1157 | 1157 |
| 2 | B | B | CC162 | 162 |
| 1 | B | NG | CC162 | 2153 |
| 1 | B | B | CC174 | 1466 |
| 2 | B | B | CC213 | 213 |
| 5 | B | NG | CC213 | 213 |
| 1 | B | B | CC213 | 3496 |
| 1 | B | NG | CC213 | 11852 |
| 1 | B | NG | CC269 | 3091 |
| 1 | B | B | CC32/ET-5 | 322 |
| 1 | B | NG | CC32/ET-5 | 322 |
| 1 | B | B | CC32/ET-5 | 8758 |
| 2 | B | NG | CC32/ET-52 | 11395 |
| 3 | B | NG | CC35 | 35 |
| 2 | B | NG | CC35 | 11392 |
| 5 | B | NG | CC41/44/Lineage 3 | 44 |
| 5 | B | B | CC41/44/Lineage 3 | 136 |
| 22 | B | NG | CC41/44/Lineage 3 | 136 |
| 6 | B | NG | CC41/44/Lineage 3 | 409 |
| 1 | B | NG | CC41/44/Lineage 3 | 1097 |
| 1 | B | B | CC41/44/Lineage 3 | 1489 |
| 1 | B | NG | CC41/44/Lineage 3 | 5881 |
| 1 | B | NG | CC461 | 1946 |
| 1 | B | NG | CC461 | 11861 |
| 2 | B | NG | CC4821 | 11858 |
| 1 | B | NG | CC53 | 53 |
| 2 | B | NG | CC865 | 865 |
| 1 | B | NG | unassigned | 8537 |
| 1 | B | B | unassigned | 9069 |
| 1 | B | NG | unassigned | 11294 |
| 1 | B | B | unassigned | 11860 |
1
One isolate (genotypically serogroup B, phenotypically NG) excluded as clonal complex and ST could not be determined
2
Carried ST-32 isolates were not closely related to isolates from outbreak cases based on comparison of PorA and PorB antigenic sequences