TABLE 2.
Characteristics of the cohort study and results of CRISPR-RFLP using DdeIa
| Woman ID (age in yr) | No. of isolates | No. of isolates (%) with pattern no.: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| W1 (35) | 164 | 162 (99) | 2 (1) | |||
| W2 (34) | 130 | 130 (100) | ||||
| W3 (32) | 48 | 47 (98) | 1 (2) | |||
| W4 (27) | 64 | 64 (100) | ||||
| W5 (25) | 144 | 144 (100) | ||||
| W6 (26) | 121 | 121 (100) | ||||
| W7 (28) | 60 | 60 (100) | ||||
| W8 (32) | 20 | 13 (65) | 7 (35) | |||
| W9 (38) | 97 | 92 (95) | 2 (2) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
| W10 (29) | 125 | 92 (74) | 33 (26) | |||
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A total of 970 isolates were studied. Each pattern was specific for a given woman. Five women carried GBS isolates with a single pattern. The other five carried GBS isolates with several patterns (up to five different patterns). The same distribution was observed with MnlI.