Table 2 Specific multilocus sequence typing (MLST) for Kingella kingae performed by Sanger sequencing method on DNA directly extracted from 11 oropharyngeal specimens (=11 children) with no prior bacterial isolation allowed to detect K. kingae clones belonging to ST-6 in 6 children, ST-25 in 2, and possible new STs in 3, namely ST-67, ST-68, and ST-69

17

2016

5

2

4

5

5

1

6

16

2016

5

2

4

5^*

5

1

6

18

2016

5

2

4

5

5

1

6

16

2016

5

2

4

5

5

1

6

12

2016

5^*

2

4^*

5

5^*

1^*

6

8

2016

5

2

4^*

5^*

5

1^*

6

11

2016

7

2

6

2

2

2

25

28

2015

7^*

2

6

2

2

2

25

7

2016

1

2

6

2^*

1^*

14^*

69

33

2013

5

2

3^*

2

2

2

68

8

2013

5^*

2

6^*

11^*

9^*

1^*

67