Superantigen profiles of emm and emm-like typeable and nontypeable pharyngeal streptococcal isolates of South India

Table 2 emm and emmL typeable and nontypeable pharyngeal streptococci isolated in this study

*emm* or *emmL* type		No. of isolates of:
	*S. pyogenes*	*S. dysgalactiae* subsp. *equisimilis*		*S. anginosus*
	GAS	GCS	GGS	GCS	GGS
emm12.0	10					10 (8.1)
stG643.0			10			10 (8.1)
stC46.0		6				6 (4.8)
emm30.11	3					3 (2.4)
emm3.0	1					1 (0.8)
emm48.0	2					2 (1.6)
st3343.0	1					1 (0.8)
emm107.0	1					1 (0.8)
stS104.2	1					1 (0.8)
Nontypeable	0	16	6	52	15	89 (71.8)
Subtotal	19	22	16	52	15
Total for	19		38		67	124
species

GAS, Group A streptococci; GCS, Group C streptococci; GGS, Group G streptococci.

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