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Therefore, combinations of particular<jats:italic>emm<\/jats:italic>types and SAg genes frequently co-occurred in the same PFGE cluster, but there was no synergistic or antagonistic interaction between them in determining invasiveness. Only macrolide-susceptible PFGE clones were significantly associated with invasive infections or pharyngitis, while the clones of resistant isolates sharing all other molecular properties analyzed were equally prevalent in the two groups of isolates.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study confirmed the importance of the widely disseminated<jats:italic>emm<\/jats:italic>1-T1-ST28 clone in invasive infections but also identified other clones linked to either invasive infections (<jats:italic>emm<\/jats:italic>64-ST164) or pharyngitis (<jats:italic>emm<\/jats:italic>4-T4-ST39), which may be more limited in their temporal and geographical spread. 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