“…3) show that the collected isolates belong to five clones designated S1-S5 (similarity percentage between 30% and 59%). Clone S2 included 21 (47.8%) isolates, of which 13 belonged to pulsotype F (18,19,(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)31, 34, 37 and 41), 7 to pulsotype A (14, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35 and 38) and 1 to pulsotype E (36). Clone S4 consisted of 12 (27.3%) isolates, of which 4 belonged to pulsotype A (1, 2, 6 and 8), 4 to pulsotype C (10, 11, 13 and 42), 2 to pulsotype B (4 and 5), 1 to pulsotype D (12) and 1 to pulsotype F (3).…”