TABLE 2.

Epidemiological data for E. coli O157:H7 clinical isolates from patients in southeastern Wisconsin, May to July 1994 (sporadic cases)

Patient no.	Age (yr)	Sexa	Specimen collection date (mo/day)	County of residence	No. of isolates evaluatedb	Isolate REDPc
21	15	M	5/26	Milwaukee	1	33
22	Ud	M	6/4	Milwaukee	1	46
23	42	M	6/6	Kenosha	2	40
24e	45	F	6/6	Kenosha	2	40
25	78	F	6/9	Kenosha	2	40
26	17	M	6/10	Waukesha	1	39
27	40	F	6/13	Kenosha	2	41
28	3	M	6/17	Milwaukee	1	43
29	2	M	6/23	Waukesha	1	41
30	53	F	6/24	Kenosha	2	41, 45
31f	3	M	7/5	Kenosha	2	41
32f	4	M	7/6	Kenosha	2	41
33e	2	F	7/9	Kenosha	3	42
34g	5	M	7/11	Milwaukee	1	43
35g	7	F	7/11	Milwaukee	1	43
36	13	F	7/12	Kenosha	2	44
37	9	M	7/15	Waukesha	1	33
38g	1	F	7/17	Milwaukee	1	43

^aM, male; F, female. 

^bNumber of E. coli O157:H7 isolates obtained from patient. 

^cA single designation indicates that all isolates displayed indistinguishable REDPs. 

^dU, unknown. 

^eFamily pair member. 

^fFamily pair member. 

^gFamily group member.