Table 2.

Timing of the colonization/infection of patients with respect to the timing of positive results for environmental samples from the water fittings

Patient no.	Clone no.
	First positive environmental sample	First clinical sample	Second environmental sample
1	Absa	43	61
2	9, 48	23	5
3	43	43	43
4	43	34	31, 43
5	66	42	–b
6	42	40	–b
7	Absa	7	41, 104
8	71	37	42, 64
9	Absa	2	40, 42, 76
10	29	18	20, 38
11	42, 90	36	42
12	2	13	2, 10, 38
13	10, 27	31	10, 27
14	43	22	–b
15	42, 101	65	42
16	2, 66	12, 103	67
17	31, 32, 74	35	–b

^a Absence of environmental sample

^b Negative environmental sample