TABLE 1.
Chromosomal characteristics of the 11 Enterobacteriaceae harboring multiple plasmid-borne AmpC β-lactamase genesa
| Isolate | Ward | Specimen | Yr | REP profile | ERIC profile | PFGE profile | PG | ST | Virulence profile | Virulence score | KS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ec3 | ICU | Blood | 2005 | A1 | A1 | A1 | A | ND | fimH, hlyA, iha, usp, iroN | 5 | ND |
| Ec5 | Med | Urine | 2008 | A2 | A2 | A2 | B2 | ST131 | fimH, pai, fyu A, sfa/foc, pap G, hlyA, cnf1, iha, usp | 9 | ND |
| Ec6 | Chir | Pus | 2008 | A3 | A3 | A3 | D | ND | fimH, iutA, hlyA, iroN | 4 | ND |
| Ec7 | Ped | Urine | 2008 | A4 | A4 | A4 | A | ND | fimH, fyuA, sfa/foc, cnf1 | 4 | ND |
| Ec11 | Uro | Urine | 2007 | A5 | A5 | A5 | B2 | ST131 | fimH, pai, fyu A, sfa/foc, iut A, hlyA, papG, afa/dra, iha, usp | 10 | ND |
| Kp2 | ICU | Blood | 2005 | B1 | B1 | B1 | ND | ST218 | entB, ybtS, mrkD, ycfM, kpn | 5 | K57 |
| Kp4 | Ped | Urine | 2008 | B2 | B2 | B2 | ND | ST11 | entB, ybtS | 2 | ND |
| Kp8 | ICU | Urine | 2005 | B1 | B1 | B1 | ND | ST218 | entB, ybtS, mrkD, ycfM, kpn | 5 | K57 |
| Kp10 | Ortho | Blood | 2005 | B3 | B3 | B1 | ND | ST218 | entB, ybtS, mrkD, ycfM, kpn | 5 | K57 |
| Pm1 | Uro | Urine | 2006 | C1 | C1 | C1 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
| Pm9 | ICU | Catheter | 2007 | C2 | C2 | C2 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND |
a
Ec, Escherichia coli; Kp, Klebsiella pneumoniae; Pm, Proteus mirabilis; ICU, intensive care unit; MED, medicine; Surg, surgery; Ped, pediatrics; Uro, urology; Ortho, orthopedics; REP, genomic fingerprinting by repetitive-element PCR profiling; ERIC, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus PCR profile; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profile; PG, phylogenetic groups; ST, sequence type; KS, capsular serotype; ND, not determined.