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. 2014 Jul;27(3):543–574. doi: 10.1128/CMR.00125-13

TABLE 9.

Escherichia coli ST131 isolates in animal and food sourcesa

Source and country(ies) Study period Study design No. of ST131 isolates/total FQr ST131 ESBL/AmpC gene(s) in ST131 Reference(s)
Companion animals
    Portugal 2004-2006 61 UTI E. coli isolates, 41 dogs and 20 cats 1/61 Yes CTX-M-15 89, 113
    United States 2008 Dogs and cats in the same household (index case plus colonization) 3/6 Yes No 169
    France 2006-2010 19 ESBL-producing E. coli isolates among 518 clinical dogs and cats 1/19 Yes CTX-M-14 196
    Europe (8 countries, mainly Germany) 2008-2009 177 ESBL-producing E. coli isolates (mostly cats, dogs, horses) 10/177 Mostly yes Mostly CTX-M-15 170
    Japan 2011 33 cefazolin-resistant ExPEC isolates, dogs and cats 4/33 ND CTX-M-27 171
    Australia 2007-2009 125 clinical FQr ExPEC isolates, 120 dogs and 5 cats 9/125 Yes ND 21, 172
    Australia 2009 123 hospitalized dogs, 23 carrying FQr E. coli isolates 2/123 Yes ND 173
    Switzerland 2010-2011 107 UTI E. coli isolates, 59 dogs and 40 cats, 4 with ESBL/AmpC-producing E. coli isolates 0/107 NA NA 174
    Korea 2006-2007 628 E. coli, 422 stray and 206 hospitalized dogs, 34 carrying ESBL/AmpC-producing E. coli isolates. 0/34 NA NA 175
    The Netherlands 2007-2009 2,700 clinical Enterobacteriaceae isolates from mostly dogs, cats, and horses, 65 carrying ESBL/AmpC-producing E. coli isolates 1/65 Yes CTX-M-15 176
    Kenya 2009 49 ESBL-producing E. coli isolates, dog and cat carriers 3/49 Yes CTX-M-15 177
Food-producing animals and foodstuffs
    Germany 2006-2007 1,378 clinical E. coli isolates, mostly swine, poultry, cattle (1,167), 22 with ESBL/AmpC-producing E. coli isolates 1/22 No CTX-M-1 178
    England and Wales 1999-2008 39 clinical ExPEC isolates, mostly cattle 0 NA NA 179
    England, Wales, Scotland 2008-2009 388 broilers and 442 turkeys (carriage) 0 NA NA 180
    Spain 2003 86 ESBL/AmpC-producing E. coli isolates, 59 from floors of poultry farms, 27 from pig farms 1 (poultry) ND CTX-M-9 181
    Italy 2009 101 E. coli, 91 from healthy chickens and 10 from healthy turkeys 1 No ND 182
    Spain 2007-2009 463 chicken E. coli clinical isolates 7/463 No CTX-M-9 (n = 2) 35
    Spain, France, Belgium 1991-2001 1,601 avian E. coli clinical isolates 3/1,601 Yes (n = 2) No
    Spain 2003 57 healthy chicken E. coli isolates 1/57 No CTX-M-9
    France 2009-2011 1,745 E. coli clinical isolates from cattle mastitis screened for ESBL/AmpC-producing E. coli isolates 0 NA NA 183
    The Netherlands 2009 399 calves, 3 veal calf farms with fecal ESBL-producing isolates 0 NA NA 184
    The Netherlands 2006 27 ESBL-producing E. coli isolates from poultry 0 NA NA 185
    The Netherlands 2009 158 ESBL-producing E. coli isolates from chicken, other meat and human samples In human samples only NA NA 186
    France 2007-2009 77 clinical ESBL-producing E. coli isolates from calves of which were 9 CTX-M-15 producers 0 NA NA 187
    China 2007-2009 896 commensal E. coli isolates from pigs, chickens, and others 0 NA NA 188
    Canada 2005-2007 417 E. coli isolates from retail meat 1 ND ND 189
    South America 2008 141 ESBL/AmpC-producing E. coli isolates (raw chicken meat) 0 NA NA 190
    Spain 2010 33 chicken and turkey meat samples 0 NA NA 191
    Spain 2009-2010 100 retail chicken meat samples 7/100 Yes (n = 4) CTX-M-9 (n = 4) 35
Animals living on the wild
    Russia 2008 532 E. coli isolates from wild birds screened for ESBL-producing isolates 1 ND CTX-M-15 192
    Portugal 2007-2008 45 ESBL-producing E. coli isolates from seagulls 4/45 ND CTX-M-32, CTX-M-15, CTX-M-1 193
    Czech Republic 2006-2008 499 E. coli isolates from cormorants screened, among which 8 ESBL producers 2/8 Yes CTX-M-27 194
    Germany 2009 66 urban rats (carriage) 1/66 Yes CTX-M-9 195
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Abbreviations: UTI, urinary tract infection; ESBL, extended-spectrum β-lactamase; FQr, fluoroquinolone resistant; AmpC, cephalosporinase; ExPEC. extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli; NA, not available; ND, not determined.