Description of 64 shared-types (SITs; n = 394 isolates) and corresponding spoligotyping defined lineages/sublineages starting from a total of 414 M. tuberculosis strains isolated from Colombian patients.

* newly created SITs due to 2 or more strains belonging to an identical new pattern within this study or after a match with an orphan in the database; SIT designations followed by number of strains: 3018* this study n = 1, USA n = 1; 3019* this study n = 1, BRA n = 2, SEN n = 1; 3020* this study n = 1, FXX n = 1, GNB n = 2; 3022* this study n = 3; 3023* this study n = 1, CUB n = 1; 3039* this study n = 3, COL n = 1; 3040* this study n = 1, ESP n = 1; 3041* this study n = 2, BRA n = 1; 3042* this study n = 1, VEN n = 1; 3043* this study n = 1, DEU n = 1; 3044* this study n = 2; 3045* this study n = 1, VEN n = 1; 3311* this study n = 1,COL n = 2; 3462* this study n = 1, FXX n = 1;** Lineage designations according to SITVIT2 using revised SpolDB4 rules; “Unknown” designates patterns with signatures that do not belong to any of the major lineages described in the database.*** Clustered strains correspond to a similar spoligotype pattern shared by 2 or more strains “within this study”; as opposed to unique strains harboring a spoligotype pattern that does not match with another strain from this study. Unique strains matching a preexisting pattern in the SITVIT2 database are classified as SITs, whereas in case of no match, they are designated as “orphan” (see Table 1).