Table 2. Analysis results for 5 enteroaggregative Escherichia coli strains that produced travelers’ diarrhea in patients returning from India, 2005–2006*.
| Strain | PFGE type | MLST clonal complex | Phylotype | Genes encoding for virulence factors | blaCTX-M-15 location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HC19 | A | ST38 | D | aat, aap, aggR, aggA | Chromosome |
| HC64 | B | None | B2 | aat, astA,sat | Plasmid |
| HC67 | C | ST38 | D | aat, astA | Plasmid |
| HC74 | A1 | ST38 | D | aat, aap, aggR, aggA, afn43, fyuA | Chromosome |
| HC76 | D | ST10 | B2 | aat, fyuA | Plasmid |
*PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; MLST, multilocus sequence type; ST, sequence type.