TABLE 5.

Typeabilities and DIs of PCR-RFLP analysis of ureAB (2.4 kb) digested with HaeIII, ureC (820 or 1,100 bp) digested with Sau3A, or ureC (820 bp or 1.1 kbp) digested with HhaI determined with data from selected studies

Gene and enzyme	Authors (reference no.)	No. of unrelated patients	Typeabilitya	No. of typesb	DI
ureAB (2.4 kb) digested with HaeIII	Akopyanz et al. (4)	60	60/60	27	UCc
	Foxall et al. (20)	21	21/21	10	0.87
	Hurtado and Owen (29)	44	44/44	30	0.98
	Romero Lopez et al. (56)	13	13/13	12	0.99
	Owen et al. (52)	12	12/12	10	0.97
	Salaün et al. (58)	39	39/39	26	0.98
	Wang et al. (74)	13	13/13	10	0.97
	Burucoa et al. (this study)	40	40/40	20	0.96
	Pooled results		242/242 (100)		0.96
ureC (820 bp) digested with Sau3A	Stone et al. (61)	72	72/72	42	UC
		22d		10	0.86
	Shortridge et al. (60)	81	81/81	44	UC
		18d		8	0.89
	Stone et al. (62)	83	83/83	12	0.86
	Pooled results		236/236 (100)		0.86
ureC (1.1 kb) digested with Sau3A	Burucoa (this study)	40	40/40	27	0.97
ureC (820 bp) digested with HhaI	Fujimoto et al. (22)	25	25/25	10	0.86
	Stone et al. (61)	72	72/72	42	UC
		22d		8	0.70
	Shortridge et al. (60)	81	81/81	44	UC
		18		5	0.53
	Stone et al. (62)	83	83/83	12	0.71
	Pooled results		261/261 (100)		0.71
ureC (1.1 kb) digested with HhaI	Li et al. (36)	19	19/19	11	0.94

^aSee footnote a of Table 4. 

^bSee footnote b to Table 4. 

^cUC, uncalculable. 

^dFor these data from two studies (60, 61), limited raw data allowed us to calculate the typeability with data for all isolates and the DI with data for a limited number of isolates.