TABLE 3.
STs identified among the 38 exoU+ P. aeruginosa clinical isolates from companion animals
| MLST sequence type |
Clonal complex | No. of clinical isolates by virulotype and animal |
Total no. of isolates | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
exoU+/exoS− (n = 35) |
exoU+/exoS+ (n = 3) |
|||||
| Dog | Cat | Dog | Cat | |||
| ST235 | CC235 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| ST141 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ST235-likea | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ST3653b | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ST357 | CC357 | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| ST2644 | CC274 | 3 | 3 | |||
| ST308 | CC308 | 2 | 2 | |||
| ST671 | CC560 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| ST253 | CC253 | 1 | 1 | |||
| ST313 | CC313 | 1 | 1 | |||
| ST316 | CC316 | 1 | 1 | |||
| ST2555 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| ST446 | CC298 | 1 | 1 | |||
| ST606 | NAc | 1 | 1 | |||
| ST773 | NA | 1 | 1 | |||
| ST829 | NA | 1 | 1 | |||
| ST1121 | NA | 1 | 1 | |||
| ST1248 | NA | 1 | 1 | |||
| ST1334 | NA | 1 | 1 | |||
| ST3654b | NA | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 32 | 3 | 3 | 38 | ||
a
Novel trpE allele was associated with ST235-like.
b
Sequence types newly assigned in this study.
c
NA, not assigned.