TABLE II. Clustering analysis of mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units - variable number tandem repeat (MIRU-VNTR).

Typing methods	n	No. of different patterns	No. of clusters	No. of clusters isolates	No. of unique isolates	% in cluster	Size of clusters
MIRU-VNTR 12 loci	1,613	26	11	40	15	73%	2-7
MIRU-VNTR 15 loci	1,065	821	106	350	715	33%	2-23
MIRU-VNTR 24 loci	1,041	845	91	287	754	28%	2-11