TABLE 4.
Distribution of 22 different Tn1546 derivatives among 97 isolates of VRE from human and animal sources
| Tn1546 type | No. of isolates from the following sourcesa:
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human (NL) (n = 21) | Animal (NL) (n = 24) | Human (UK) (n = 24) | Animal (UK) (n = 18) | Human (USA) (n = 10) | Total | |
| A1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | |
| A2 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 29 | ||
| A3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| A4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| B1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| B2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| B3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| C | 1 | 1 | ||||
| D1 | 17 | 17 | ||||
| D2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| D3 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| D4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| E1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| E2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| E3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| E4 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| E5 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| E6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| E7 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| F1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| F2 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| G | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 21 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 10 | 97 |
a
NL, The Netherlands; UK, United Kingdom; USA, United States; n, total number of isolates from that source.