Volume 13, Number 11—November 2007
Research
Epidemiology of Streptococcus dysgalactiae subsp. equisimilis in Tropical Communities, Northern Australia
Malcolm McDonald*†
, Rebecca J. Towers*, Ross M. Andrews*, Jonathan R. Carapetis*, and Bart J. Currie*
, Rebecca J. Towers*, Ross M. Andrews*, Jonathan R. Carapetis*, and Bart J. Currie*
Table 1
Streptococcal emm sequence subypes (STs) of study isolates by Lancefield type in 3 communities, Northern Territory, Australia*
| Subtype | Community 1 |
Community 2 |
Community 3 |
Total | Total rate† | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Rate† | No. | Rate† | No. | Rate† | |||||
| GCS emmST | ||||||||||
| stC839.0 | 29 | 0.96 | 29 | 0.60 | ||||||
| stG643.0 | 26 | 0.86 | 26 | 0.54 | ||||||
| stGrobn.0 | 9 | 0.30 | 9 | 0.19 | ||||||
| stC6979.0 | 8 | 0.26 | 1 | 0.07 | 9 | 0.19 | ||||
| stC839.2 | 4 | 0.16 | 4 | 0.08 | ||||||
| stC6746.0 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.07 | 2 | 0.04 | ||||
| stC2sk.1 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Total |
77 |
2.54 |
– |
– |
3 |
0.20 |
80 |
1.65 |
||
| GGS emmST | ||||||||||
| stC1400.0 | 34 | 1.13 | 5 | 1.69 | 27 | 1.76 | 66 | 1.36 | ||
| stG4831.0 | 34 | 1.13 | 7 | 0.46 | 41 | 0.85 | ||||
| stG480.0 | 28 | 0.93 | 10 | 0.65 | 38 | 0.78 | ||||
| stG6792.0 | 35 | 1.16 | 1 | 0.34 | 1 | 0.07 | 37 | 0.76 | ||
| stC74a.0 | 25 | 0.83 | 1 | 0.34 | 3 | 0.20 | 29 | 0.60 | ||
| stC6979.0 | 8 | 0.26 | 2 | 0.13 | 10 | 0.21 | ||||
| stC5344.1 | 9 | 0.30 | 9 | 0.19 | ||||||
| stG6.0 | 6 | 0.39 | 6 | 0.12 | ||||||
| stG10.0 | 5 | 0.33 | 5 | 0.10 | ||||||
| stG2078.0 | 4 | 0.26 | 4 | 0.08 | ||||||
| stC.NSRT2.0 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 0.13 | 3 | 0.06 | ||||
| stC36.0 | 3 | 0.20 | 3 | 0.06 | ||||||
| stC1400.4 | 2 | 0.13 | 2 | 0.04 | ||||||
| stC1400.3 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.02 | ||||||
| stG166b.0 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.02 | ||||||
| stG480.3 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 0.02 | ||||||
| stG652.0 | 1 | 0.03 | 1 | 0.02 | ||||||
| Total | 175 | 5.76 | 7 | 2.37 | 75 | 4.90 | 257 | 5.30 | ||
*GCS, group C streptococci; GGS, group G streptococci. Lancefield type and emmSTs do not always match and stC6979 can be either GCC or GGC.
†Per 100 consultations.
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