Table 1.
Comparison of various culture schemes.
| Strain NO. | ST | IR typing a | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MH24h | CB24h | BA24h | MCA24h | MH48h | CB48h | BA48h | MCA48h | MH24h + BA24h | MH24h + MH48h | ||
| E105 | ST101 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| S102 | ST280 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| J807 | ST11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| F824 | ST23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 b |
| L106 | ST152 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| D713 | ST111 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
| D610 | ST1786 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| R125 | ST1779 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 |
| E502 | ST11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Total | – | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| COV | – | 0.295 | 0.275 | 0.196 | 0.439 | 0.249 | 0.423 | 0.3 | 0.268 | 0.521 | 0.56 |
a
ST, sequence type; COV, cut‐off value; MH, Mueller‐Hinton agar; CB, China Blue agar; BA, Columbia Sheep Blood agar; MCA, MaConkey agar.
b
The replicates of F824 could not be grouped into the same cluster.