Table 3.
Distribution of virulence factor genes among E. faecalis isolates from Southern California (SC) and Puerto Rico (PR).
| Source (number) of isolates | % (number) of isolates for the following virulence factor genes: | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gelE | asa1 | esp | cylA | hyl | None | |||||||
| PR beach water (108) | 98.1% | (106) | 44.4% | (48) | 11.1% | (12) | 3.3% | (3) | 0.0% | (0) | 19.4% | (21) |
| SC beach water (8) | 100.0% | (8) | 12.5% | (1) | 0.0% | (0) | 12.5% | (1) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) |
| SC wrack (5) | 100.0% | (5) | 20.0% | (1) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) |
| SC eelgrass (5) | 80.0% | (4) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 20.0% | (1) |
| SC urban runoff (20) | 70.0% | (14) | 10.0% | (2) | 5.0% | (1) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 30.0% | (6) |
| SC sewage influent (6) | 50.0% | (3) | 50.0% | (3) | 16.7% | (1) | 16.7% | (1) | 0.0% | (0) | 33.3% | (2) |
| SC sewage effluent (6) | 83.3% | (5) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 16.7% | (1) |
| PR septage (19) | 21.0% | (4) | 5.3% | (1) | 0.0% | (0) | 5.3% | (1) | 5.3% | (1) | 73.7% | (14) |
| SC dog (7) | 85.7% | (6) | 42.9% | (3) | 28.6% | (2) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) |
| SC bird (9) | 100.0% | (9) | 55.5% | (5) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) |
| PR human, nonclinical (5) | 100.0% | (5) | 100.0% | (5) | 40.0% | (2) | 60.0% | (3) | 0.0% | (0) | 44.4% | (2) |
| SC human, nonclinical (15) | 100.0% | (15) | 66.7% | (10) | 33.3% | (5) | 13.3% | (2) | 0.0% | (0) | 0.0% | (0) |
| PR human, clinical (42) | 71.4% | (30) | 50.0% | (21) | 33.3% | (14) | 19.0% | (8) | 0.0% | (0) | 7.1% | (3) |
| SC human, clinical (10) | 90.0% | (9) | 90.0% | (9) | 30.0% | (3) | 70.0% | (7) | 0.0% | (0) | 10.0% | (1) |