Figure 3

Minimum spanning tree of multi-drug resistant (A) (MDR) serotype 19A ( n = 97) using BioNumerics software. A categorical clustering was performed based on multi-locus sequence type (MLST). Sequence types sharing the maximum number of single-locus variants were connected first. Each circle represents a sequence type (ST) the size of which is proportional to the number of isolates within that particular ST. Colors within circles indicate the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) ranges for penicillin. Relationships between the STs are depicted by the lines connecting the STs and the relative lengths of the branches linking them. Distance coding enumerates the number of differences at a given MLST locus. A distance coding of greater than 2 implies a different clonal complex. Angles of the line connections and the overlapping circles have no significance.