Relationships between emm and multilocus sequence types within a global collection of Streptococcus pyogenes

BMC Microbiology

Table 1 Population-based surveillance of S. pyogenes.*

Location of surveillance	No. of S. pyogenesisolates	% of pharyngitis (or tonsillitis) isolates that are emmpattern:			% of impetigo isolates that are emmpattern:
		A-C	D	E	A-C	D	E
Australia, tropical	125	NR	NR	NR	13	46	41
Rome (Italy)	114	50	1	48	n/a	n/a	n/a
Germany	216	51	0	49	n/a	n/a	n/a
Spain	520	32	1	68	n/a	n/a	n/a
Mexico	282	54	1	44	n/a	n/a	n/a
USA	> 1,900	53	1	47	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ethiopia	104	26	28	35	0	32	47
Nepal	53	NR	NR	NR	19	30	51
Brazil	87	20	20	61	3	55	42
Brussels (Belgium)	163	55	0	45	NR	NR	NR
Australia, tropical	129	NR	NR	NR	13	53	35

* emm pattern is inferred based on emm-type (McGregor et al., 2004; reference 23) NR, < 10 isolates recovered; n/a, not applicable.

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