Units of measurement were also variable (e.g., number of isolates, percentage of isolates, number of cases, and number of cases per time period).
The present study revealed that C. africana consists of 6.3% of isolates from cases of candidal balanoposthitis.
** The Widal test was performed against the isolate of case no. 2 defined as the outbreak strain *** Also tested against serotype O157.
The isolate of case #1 was susceptible to penicillin (MIC ≤ 0.12 mg/L), ceftriaxone (MIC ≤ 0.12), cefotaxime (MIC ≤ 1.25), and vancomycin.
The D222G mutation in HA from isolates of fatal cases needs to be studied for pathogenicity.
MRSA isolates of submitted cases are not collected for further analysis such as molecular typing.
Figure 2 depicts organisms isolated for cases of empyema and meningitis combined.
The emm typing of isolates in cases of recurrence were also determined as described (11 ).
To determine the similarity of isolates in cases of recurrence, we used pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) as described (10 ).
Streptococcus pneumoniae was the commonest organism isolated (28% of cases) with no organism identified in 36%.
The first was a set of 393 isolates from cases of disease from diverse locations throughout the United Kingdom.
