Table 2.

Comparison of WGS and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis results among Mycobacterium marinum outbreak and non-outbreak human isolates – New York City, 2013–2014 (N = 12)

Isolate name*	Outbreak associated	WGS† cluster	PFGE‡ pattern	WGS and PFGE results discordant
14–1815_Human	Yes	1	1
14–1816_Human	Yes	1	1
14–1821_Human	Yes	1	1
14–2129_Human	Yes	1	1
14_Human	Yes	N/A§	1
14–2130_Human	Yes	Unique¶	1b	Yes
14–1817_Human	Yes	2	2
14–1820_Human	Yes	2	2
14–2127_Human	No	2	2
14–1818_Human	Yes	Unique	3	Yes
14–1819_Human	No	Unique	3	Yes
14–2128_Human	No	Unique	4

^*Isolate name corresponds to name displayed in Figure 2; isolate 14_Human was tested by PFGE only and not displayed in Figure 2.

^†Whole genome sequencing.

^‡Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

^§Not applicable, WGS was not performed on isolate.

^¶Unique grouping by WGS.