Table 3.
Virulence gene combinations according to clonal subset classification among 84 Escherichia coli ST131 studied isolates.
| No. of isolates (column %) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Total (n = 84) |
Non-H30 (n = 24) |
H30R1 (n = 23) |
H30Rx (n = 37) |
|
| ExPEC | 66 (79) | 20 (83) | 9 (39) | 37 (100) | |
| UPEC | 82 (98) | 22 (92) | 23 (100) | 37 (100) | |
| Virotype | A | 14 (17) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 14 (38) |
| B | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (8) | |
| C | 32 (38) | 2 (8) | 22 (96) | 8 (22) | |
| D | 13 (15) | 13 (54) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| E | 8 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 8 (22) | |
| UN | 14 (17) | 9 (38) | 1 (4) | 4 (11) | |
ExPEC, extraintestinal pathogenic E. coli. UPEC, uropathogenic E. coli. UN, undefined virotype.