DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01600-10
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PFGE patterns of chromosomal SmaI digests of Sp6C isolated from children in southern Israel from 1999 to 2008. Strains marked by asterisks were characterized by MLST (Table 1). Lanes 1 to 7, ST3531; lanes 8 to 12, ST1692; lanes 13 and 14, ST4387; lanes 15 and 16, ST367; lanes 17 and 18, ST4386; lanes 19 and 20, ST4439; lane 21, ST4440; lane 22, ST4441; lane 23, ST4381; lane 24, ST4442; lane 25, ST4438; lane 26, ST123; lane 27, ST4601. λ, lambda ladder; R6, S. pneumoniae reference strain used as a molecular weight marker.
Tables
- TABLE 1.
Molecular characteristics of Sp6C isolates from Jewish and Bedouin children in southern Israel from 1999 to 2008: distribution by isolation site
ST Total no. of isolatesa No. (%)b from: No. from: NP MEF Conjunctiva Blood Jc Bd J B J B J B J B ST3531 52 8 (14.8) 44 (84.6) 7 37 1 4 0 3 0 0 ST1692 29 28 (51.9) 1 (1.9) 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 ST4387 5 5 (9.3) 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ST4386 5 5 (9.3) 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ST367 6 2 (3.7) 4 (7.7) 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 ST4439 2 2 (3.7) 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ST4438 1 1 (1.9) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ST123 1 1 (1.9) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ST4601 1 1 (1.9) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ST4440 1 0 1 (1.9) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ST4441 1 0 1 (1.9) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ST4442 1 0 1 (1.9) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ST4381 1 1 (1.9) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total 106 54 52 49 42 4 4 1 4 0 2
