TABLE 2.

Distribution of CTX-M genes detected in 24 strains of Escherichia coli isolated from rectal swabs after foreign travel^a

Continent or region	No. of isolates
	Group I		Group IV
	CTX-M-1	CTX-M-15	CTX-M-9	CTX-M-14	CTX-M-27
Africa		1
Asia (India excluded)		2	1	5	2
India		7
Southern Europe	1	1
Middle East		2	2
Total	1	13	3	5	2

^aPCR amplification with subtype-specific primers was used.