TABLE 3.
Distribution of PFGE types in different environmental samplesa
| Sample type | Source | No. of isolates of PFGE type
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
E. faecium
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E. durans
|
E. casseliflavus
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Otherb | ||||||
| A | B | C | F | G | H | I | |||
| Vancomycin sludge | Pharmaceutical plant | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vancomycin effluent | Pharmaceutical plant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 (3) |
| Polymyxin effluent | Pharmaceutical plant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Raw sewage | Lynetten plant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) |
| Raw sewage | Pharmaceutical plant (upstream) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 (2) |
| Raw sewage | Pharmaceutical plant (downstream) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 (2) |
| Activated sludge | Lynetten plant | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Seawater | Lynetten outlet | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue mussels | Lynetten outlet | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Soil | Flakkebjerg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (3) |
a
PFGE patterns differing by three or fewer bands were included in the same PFGE type.
b
Numbers of isolates belonging to other PFGE types. The numbers of distinct PFGE types are shown in parentheses.