| All isolates | Scotland | Mainland Europe | |||
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Method | No. of types | SID | No. of types | SID | No. of types | SID |
PFGE-SnaBI | 21 | 0.594 (0.493-0.695)a | 5 | 0.234 (0.075-0.393)ab | 17 | 0.744 (0.655-0.834)ac |
PFGE-SpeI | 19 | 0.485 (0.372-0.597)a | 5 | 0.267 (0.105-0.430)ab | 16 | 0.599 (0.468-0.729)ab |
PFGE-multiplex | 26 | 0.654 (0.558-0.749)ab | 6 | 0.270 (0.104-0.437)ab | 22 | 0.804 (0.727-0.881)acd |
IS900-RFLP | 15 | 0.636 (0.582-0.690)a | 3 | 0.080 (0.00-0.191)a | 14 | 0.422 (0.277-0.567)b |
MIRU-VNTR | 19 | 0.664 (0.588-0.740)ab | 5 | 0.235 (0.074-0.395)ab | 16 | 0.770 (0.706-0.835)ac |
Multiplex PFGE + IS900-RFLP | 34 | 0.834 (0.782-0.885)c | 6 | 0.270 (0.104-0.437)ab | 30 | 0.877 (0.82-0.934)cde |
Multiplex PFGE + MIRU-VNTR | 37 | 0.797 (0.727-0.867)bc | 9 | 0.406 (0.228-0.584)ab | 30 | 0.914 (0.878-0.949)de |
IS900-RFLP + MIRU-VNTR | 29 | 0.825 (0.774-0.876)c | 6 | 0.236 (0.074-0.398)ab | 24 | 0.868 (0.820-0.917)cde |
All methods combined | 44 | 0.879 (0.831-0.927)c | 9 | 0.406 (0.228-0.584)b | 36 | 0.941 (0.913-0.969)e |