Table 2. Multilocus sequence types (STs) of recovered ARE isolates and previous occurrence among other sources.
| ARE isolates current study | No. of isolates with identical ST in MLST databasea per source | ||||||
| Hospitalb | Communityc | Total | |||||
| ST | Frequency (source) | HAI | CS | LS | D | C | All |
| 16 | 1 (D) | 47 | - | - | - | - | 72 |
| 18 | 1 (C) | 103 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 114 |
| 19 | 2 (D) | 7 | - | - | 5 | - | 12 |
| 78 | 1 (C) | 139 | 1 | - | 16 | - | 168 |
| 128 | 1 (D) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 148 | 1 (D) | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 168 | 2 (D) | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 192 | 2 (D) | 56 | - | - | 8 | - | 64 |
| 264 | 1 (C) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 266 | 12 (6x C, 5x D, 1x H) | 2 | - | - | 10 | - | 12 |
| 274 | 4 (1 x C, 3x D) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 373 | 1 (D) | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 393 | 1 (H) | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 453 | 1 (D) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 454 | 1 (D) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 455 | 1 (D) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 456 | 2 (D, H) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 457 | 1 (D) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 458 | 1 (D) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 459 | 1 (D) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 477 | 1 (C) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
a
http://efaecium.mlst.net/ queried March 2010;
b
HAI = hospital-associated isolates (i.e., clinical isolates, hospital surveillance, hospital outbreak);
c
CI = clinical isolate; CS = Community human surveillance; LS = Livestock; D = dogs; C = cats.