Table 2. Comparison of distribution (%) of emm types in four studies in Korea – Annals of Clinical Microbiology

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Table 2. Comparison of distribution (%) of emm types in four studies in Korea

emm types	Period and regions studied
emm types	2014–2018 All regions [24]	2008–2015 Gwangju [25]	2017 Changwon [22]	2018–2019 Changwon*
emm89	14.9	2.3	12.6	20.3
emm12	12.8	5.2	3.2	16.9
emm4	14.2	35.6	53.2	13.6
emm28	19.1	14.8	11.6	11.9
emm3	10.6		0.5	10.2
emm75		5.7	2.6	8.5
emm6		2.8		8.5
emm1	11.5	14.5	10.0	6.8
emm90				1.7
stG485				1.7
emm128			1.6
emm228			1.1
emm131			1.1
emm161			1.1
emm245			0.5
emm255			0.5
stG643			0.5
emm5		0.3
Unknown	16.9	18.8

*This study.