TABLE 2.
Summary of typing resultsa
Strain designation | Resistance phenotype | Phage type | Plasmid profile (kb) | I-CeuI type | Ribotype |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RR1-A | MDR Nas | Deg Vi | 135, 80, 50, 30 | 3 | 1 |
RR1-R | MDR Nas | UT Vi2 | 140, 90 | 3 | 1 |
RR2-A | MDR Nar | UT Vi | 140 | 3 | 1 |
RR2-R | MDR Nar | UT Vi | 140 | 3 | 1 |
RR3-A | MDR Nas | UT Vi2 | 140, 85 | 3 | 1 |
RR3-R | MDR Nas | UT Vi2 | 140, 85 | 3 | 1 |
RR4-A | MDR Nas | 56 | 140 | 3 | 1 |
RR4-R | FS Nas | 56 | NONE | 3 | 1 |
RR5-A | MDR Nas | E3 Var | 140, 80 | 2 | 2 |
RR5-R | MDR Nas | E3 Var | 140, 80 | 2 | 2 |
RR6-A | MDR Nas | E1 | 140 | 2 | 2 |
RR6-R | MDR Nas | E1 | 140 | 2 | 2 |
RR7-A | MDR Nar | E3 Var | 140, 80 | 2 | 2 |
RR7-R | MDR Nar | E3 Var | 140, 80 | 2 | 2 |
RR8-A | MDR Nas | E1 | 140 | 2 | 2 |
RR8-R | MDR Nas | E1 | 140 | 2 | 2 |
RR9-A | FS Nas | N | NONE | 3 | 1 |
RR9-R | FS Nas | N | NONE | 3 | 1 |
RR10-A | FS Nas | E1 | NONE | 2 | 2 |
RR10-R | FS Nas | E1 | NONE | 2 | 2 |
Abbreviations: A, strain from acute-phase sample; R, strain from relapse-phase sample; MDR, multiple-drug resistant (resistant to chloramphenicol, ampicillin, co-trimoxazole, and tetracycline); Nar, resistant to nalidixic acid; FS, susceptible to all antibiotics tested; Deg, degraded; UT, untypeable; Var, variant; None, no detectable plasmids. The I-CeuI types are those used by Liu and Sanderson (18).