Table 2 Simpson’s index of diversity (SID) and 95% confidence intervals (CI95%) of the SAg profiles within emm types with ≥5 isolates in 2006–2009 and in 2010–2015.

From: Changes in emm types and superantigen gene content of Streptococcus pyogenes causing invasive infections in Portugal

emm

2006–2009a

2010–2015

p

n

No.

partitions

SID SAg profile

(95% CI)

n

No.

partitions

SID SAg profile

(95% CI)

1

56

4

0.338 (0.191–0.486)

105

3

0.206 (0.108–0.304)

0.135

3

20

2

0.100 (0.000–0.275)

34

3

0.437 (0.255–0.619)

0.009

4

13

3

0.295 (0.000–0.603)

19

3

0.205 (0.000–0.442)

0.766

5

6

2

0.333 (0.000–0.739)

6

1

0.000 (0.000–0.000)

NA

6

15

2

0.133 (0.000–0.357)

26

5

0.742 (0.658–0.825)

<0.001

12

10

2

0.533 (0.409–0.657)

31

5

0.658 (0.560–0.757)

0.113

28

9

4

0.750 (0.579–0.921)

19

5

0.696 (0.556–0.836)

0.625

44

5

4

0.900 (0.725–1.000)

9

4

0.750 (0.579–0.921)

0.305

87

6

2

0.333 (0.000–0.739)

18

3

0.307 (0.047–0.568)

0.784

89

24

3

0.518 (0.329–0.708)

42

3

0.298 (0.126–0.471)

0.086

  1. aIsolates from 2006–2009 were characterised previously17.