TABLE 2.
Distribution and frequency of amplification products among strains of H. influenzae determined by ERIC-PCR
| Fragment size (kb) | No. (%) of strains from:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hib meningitisa | Meningitisb | Other disease typesc | Carriers | |
| 2.1 | 5 (26) | 12 (32) | 8 (23) | 8 (40) |
| 1.75 | 19 (100) | 34 (92) | 30 (86) | 13 (65) |
| 1.5 | 19 (100) | 31 (85) | 13 (37) | 9 (45) |
| 1.25 | 19 (100) | 37 (100) | 27 (77) | 11 (55) |
| 1.1 | 19 (100) | 33 (89) | 31 (88) | 16 (80) |
| 0.97 | 19 (100) | 33 (89) | 26 (74) | 18 (90) |
| 0.84 | 12 (60) | 24 (65) | 26 (74) | 7 (35) |
| 0.72 | 19 (100) | 32 (87) | 27 (77) | 5 (25) |
| 0.65 | 0 | 8 (22) | 13 (37) | 2 (10) |
| 0.59 | 19 (100) | 27 (73) | 19 (54) | 3 (15) |
| 0.51 | 4 (22) | 11 (30) | 11 (28) | 2 (10) |
| 0.45 | 0 | 1 (3) | 9 (26) | 1 (5) |
| 0.43 | 0 | 0 | 4 (11) | 1 (5) |
a
Hib strains recovered from patients with meningitis which shared Eps and were distributed within Eps 1 to 5 (see Table 1).
b
Total meningitis strains.
c
Hib and noncapsulated isolates from clinical origins other than meningitis.