TABLE 3.
Detection of PAI I536- to PAI IV536-specific sequences in different E. coli isolates
| E. coli strains (n)a | % Positive specific PCRs for the indicated region of PAI:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I536
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II536
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III536
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IV536
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| UTI (62) | 3.2 | 20.9 | 3.2 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 43.5 | 24.2 | 24.2 | 22.6 | 66.1 | 22.6 | 12.9 | 1.6 | 9.7 | 59.7 | 64.5 | 11.3 | 40.3 | 11.3 | 72.6 | 82.3 | 85.5 | 85.5 | 85.5 |
| Human and animal MNEC and SEPEC (28) | 0 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 7.1 | 21.4 | 35.7 | 25 | 10.7 | 0 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 46.4 | 7.1 | 28.6 | 7.1 | 64.3 | 85.7 | 89.3 | 89.3 | 89.3 |
| ECOR (28) | 7.1 | 14.3 | 3.6 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 21.4 | 17.9 | 7.1 | 16 | 47.4 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 | 39.3 | 0 | 32.1 | 0 | 53.6 | 75 | 78.6 | 78.6 | 78.6 |
| Diarrheagenic pathogens (18) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 27.8 | 27.8 | 16.7 | 27.8 |
a
UTI, urinary tract infection; MNEC, meningitis-causing E. coli; SEPEC, sepsis-causing E. coli; ECOR, E. coli reference collection.