Table 1.

Patient characteristics and sample properties of the 14 stool samples examined for this study

Stool	Sample	Patient age (days)	BoNT typea	PCR result
1	CDC68129	14	Type B	bont/B
2	CDC68058	16	Type F	bont/F
3	CDC69068	21	Type B	bont/B
4	CDC68083	25	Type Ab	bont/A bont/B
5	CDC68116	28	Type A	bont/A
6	CDC68192	50	Type B	bont/B
7	CDC68090	120	Type B	bont/B
8	CDC68126	270	Type B	bont/B
9	CDC68053	17	None	Negative
10	CDC69114	46	None	Negative
11	CDC68112	63	None	Negative
12	CDC68122	90	None	Negative
13	CDC69062	120	None	Negative
14	CDC69078	350	None	Negative

^aBoNT type refers to the botulinum toxin type detected in each corresponding sample via mouse bioassay

^bIn this case, the isolate of BTPC not only produced BoNT serotype A, but also harbored an unexpressed gene encoding bont/B