Table 4.
Sequence types of E. faecium isolates determined by MLSTa
| Site or source (no. of studied isolates) | Sequence type(s) (no. of isolates) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital adapted (CC17 types) | Poultry | Human commensal, pig | Other | |
| No. 1; hospital (13) | ST78 (13) | |||
| No. 2; retirement home (15) | ST78 (15) | |||
| No. 3; WWTP influent (14) | ST18, ST78 | ST291, ST264, ST330 | ||
| No. 4; WWTP effluent (14) | ST78 (3), ST18 | ST178 | ST22, ST32 (3), STnew1, STnew2 (2), STnew3 | |
| No. 5; WWTP plume (12) | ST78, ST402, ST165 | ST266, ST29 (2) | ST22, ST32 (2), ST12, ST39, ST78, ST165, ST253, ST402, STnew4 (2) | |
a
Assignment to host reservoir was according to Willems et al. (3).