TABLE 2.
Hannover strain collection: epidemiology of P. aeruginosa clones ST253 (D421) and ST235 (F46D)a
| Habitat | ST253 |
ST235 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detection frequency (%) | Rank | Detection frequency (%) | Rank | |
| Inanimate environment | 2.1 | 9 | 0.7 | 32 |
| Acute infection | 3.9 | 4 | 11.1 | 1 |
| Chronic airway infection in: | ||||
| COPD patients | 8.1 | 2 | 3.2 | 3 |
| CF patients | 4.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 16 |
| Total (all habitats) | 3.8 | 2 | 3.6 | 3 |
| Acute human infections with P. aeruginosa | ||||
| Intensive care units | ||||
| Acute pneumonia | 4.0 | 6 | 17.8 | 1 |
| Burn wounds | 6.7 | 5 | 40.0 | 1 |
| Ulcerative keratitis | 6.3 | 4 | 12.5 | 1 |
| Urinary tract infection | 7.7 | 3 | 10.8 | 1 |
| Other acute infectionb | 3.4 | |||
a
The collection of ST235 and ST253 isolates does not contain any MDR or XDR strain. Shown are detection frequencies and rank within the habitat.
b
Including wound isolates not treated at an intensive care unit.