TABLE 3.
Source | Total no. of strains | No. of strains
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stx |
prrA
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modD
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yc73
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fepC
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R1-R2
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PCR | H | PCR | H | PCR | H | PCR | H | PCR | H | |||
Patient | 3 | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 3+ | 3− | 3− |
Chick | 1 | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | 1− |
Patient | 1 | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | 1− |
Pig | 1 | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | 1− |
Goat | 1 | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | |
Patient | 1 | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | 1− |
Patient | 1 | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | 1+ | 1− | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1− | 1− |
Pig | 2 | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− |
Goat | 2 | 2− | 2− | 2− | 1−1+ | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− | 2− |
E. coli HB101 | 1 | 1− | 1− | 1− | 1− | 1− | 1− | 1− | 1− | 1− | 1− | 1− |
UPEC CFT073 | 1 | 1− | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ | 1+ |
PCR and Southern hybridization (H) results are compared. The number positive (+) and the number negative (−) indicate the numbers of strains showing the presence and absence of the gene analyzed, respectively.