Effectiveness of BOX-PCR in Differentiating Genetic Relatedness among Salmonella enterica Serotype 4,[5],12:i:- Isolates from Hospitalized Patients and Minced Pork Samples in Northern Thailand

Table 5

Genetic relatedness of S. 4,[5],12:i:- isolates from minced pork and those from feces of hospitalized patients.

Strain ID^a	Locality (province)^b	Strain ID from patient^c (percent genetic similarity)^d
		BOX-PCR	GTG5-PCR	REP-PCR	ERIC-PCR
en 8	Phayao	1, 9 (45.7%)	23, 25, 76, 142, 152, 249 (48.2%)	1, 9, 23, 25, 35, 56 (55.9%)	56 (81.6%)
en 21	Phayao	35, 25, 23 (71.5%)	23, 25, 76, 142, 152, 249 (48.2%)	1 (87.6%)	56 (81.6%)
en 26	Phayao	1 (88.9%)	1, 9 (72.8%)	1 (87.6%)	56 (81.6%)
en 11	Nan	1, 9 (45.7%)	23, 25, 76, 142, 152, 249 (48.2%)	1, 9, 23, 25, 35, 56 (55.9%)	56 (81.6%)
en 20	Lampang	9 (82.4%)	23, 25, 76, 142, 152, 249 (48.2%)	1 (87.6%)	56 (81.6%)
en 29	Phrae	1 (92.9%)	1, 9 (72.8%)	1 (95.7%)	56 (81.6%)

^aFrom minced pork. ^bFigure 1. ^cIn the same cluster as minced pork sample (Figure 2). ^dHighest value observed from the maximal similarity that each strain ID from minced pork shared with strain ID from patients in Figure 2.