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. 2016 Jan 18;3(1):ofw003. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw003

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

Number and proportion of bacterial pathogens isolated from patients at a health maintenance organization serving an urban geographical area (Laboratory A) and at a laboratory serving a rural agricultural area of Minnesota (Laboratory B). Time frames reported include the entire study period at each laboratory as well as the years when testing was conducted simultaneously at both laboratories. (a) 1996–2006 (n = 21 940 sorbitol MacConkey agar [SMAC] plates tested), Laboratory A. (b) 2000–2006 (n = 13 802 SMAC plates tested), Laboratory A. (c) 2000–2008 (n = 19 293 SMAC plates tested), Laboratory B. (d) 2000–2006 (n = 14 578 SMAC plates tested), Laboratory B. Abbreviations: ETEC, enterotoxigenic E. coli; STEC, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli.