Five E. cloacae strains the complete genome sequences of which have been determined (ATCC 13047, NCTC 9394, ENHKU 01, SCF1, and EcWSU 1; hereafter, genome strains) were used to design PCR primers. One hundred one clinical isolates collected at National Center for Global Health and Medicine Hospital and a commercial clinical laboratory (BML inc, Saitama, Japan) during 2007–2013 were used to evaluate the performance of the MLST scheme developed in the present study (Table 1).
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