Table 2. Serotypes and stx types of eae-positive Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli isolates from healthy adults, Japan, 2010–2012.
Serotype |
No. eae-positive isolates* |
No. stx-positive isolates† |
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stx1
|
stx1/stx2
|
stx2
|
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O103: | H2 | 21 | 21 | ||
|
H11 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
O157: | H7 | 10 | 2 (stx2a) | 8 (stx2a [1], stx2c [7]) | |
|
H- |
3 |
1 |
2 (stx2c) |
|
O26: |
H11 |
6 |
6 |
|
|
O156: | H- | 2 | 2 | ||
|
HUT |
2 |
2 |
|
|
O145: |
H- |
2 |
1 |
1 (stx2a) |
|
O76: |
H7 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
O121: |
H19 |
1 |
|
|
1 (stx2a) |
O177: |
H- |
1 |
1 |
|
|
O |
Yntypeable |
5 |
3 |
|
2 (stx2c [1], stx2e [1]) |
Total | 55 | 39 | 5 | 11 |
*The number of eae-negative isolates among the same serotype: O103:H2 (1), O76:H19 (5), O76:H- (1). †The name of the positive subtype is in parentheses; the number subtype-positive isolates are in brackets.