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Volume 12, Number 11—November 2006
Research

Humans as Reservoir for Enterotoxin Gene–carrying Clostridium perfringens Type A

Annamari Heikinheimo*Comments to Author , Miia Lindström*, Per Einar Granum†, and Hannu Korkeala*
Author affiliations: *University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; †Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway

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Table A1

Characterization of Clostridium perfringens isolates from fecal samples of healthy humans, type A*

CPEmmF and 1151R CPEmmF and 1470mR cpe4F and IS1470-like R1.6

18 CPI 18–1b + 1 + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 18–2 + 2 + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 18–3 + 1 + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 18–4 + 2b + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 18–5 + 2b + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 18–6 3 ND ND ND ND ND

26 CPI 26K-R1 4 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 26K-R2 + 5 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 26K-R3 + 5 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 26K-R3p + 5 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid

39 CPI 39–1a + 6 + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 39–1b + 6 + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 39–2a 7 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 39–2b 7 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 39K-1a 8 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 39K-1b 7 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 39K-2a 7 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 39K-2b 7 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 39K-4a 7 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 39K-4b 7 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 39K-7 + 6 + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 39K-8 7 ND ND ND ND ND

44 CPI 44K-R1 9 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 44K-R2 9 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 44K-R3 + 10 Untypeable Not known
CPI 44K-R4 9 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 44K-R5 9 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 44K-R6 9 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 44K-R7 + 10 Untypeable Not known
CPI 44K-R8 9 ND ND ND ND ND

53 CPI 53K-R1 + 11 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 53K-R2 12 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 53K-R3 + 11 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 53K-R4 12 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 53K-R5 12 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 53K-R6 12 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 53K-R7 + 11 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid

57 CPI 57K-1 + 13 + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 57K-1b + 13 + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 57K-2 14 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 57K-3 14 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 57K-4 + 13b + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 57–1 + 15 + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 57–2 15 ND ND

63 CPI 63K-R1 16 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 63K-R2 17 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 63K-R3 17 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 63K-R4 18 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 63K-R5 + 19 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 63K-R6 20 ND ND ND ND ND

75 CPI 75–1 + 21 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 75–3a + 21 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 75–3b + 21 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 75–4 + 22 + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 75–6 23 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 75K-2a + 21 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 75K-2b + 21 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 75K-3 + 21b + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 75K-4 + 22b + IS1470-like-cpe Plasmid
CPI 75K-7 23 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 75K-8 23 ND ND ND ND ND

76 CPI 76K-4 + 24 + IS1470-cpe Chromosome
CPI 76K-5 + 24 + IS1470-cpe Chromosome

101 CPI 101–1 + 25 Untypeable Not known
CPI 101–2 26 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 101–3a 27 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 101–3b 27 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 101–4 + 25 Untypeable Not known
CPI 101–5 26 ND ND ND ND ND

103
CPI 103K-1 28 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 103K-2 28 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 103K-3 + 29 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 103K-4 28 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 103K-5 + 29 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 103K-6 + 29 + IS1151-cpe Plasmid
CPI 103K-7 28 ND ND ND ND ND
CPI 103K-8

28
ND
ND
ND
ND
ND

*MRP, mutlidrug resistance–associated protein; Not known means that the cpe gene is present in the isolate but the location (plasmid/chromosome) of the gene is not known. ND means that since the cpe gene is not present in the isolate, the location of the gene cannot naturally be determined.

*MRP, mutlidrug resistance–associated protein; Not known means that the cpe gene is present in the isolate but the location (plasmid/chromosome) of the gene is not known. ND means that since the cpe gene is not present in the isolate, the location of the gene cannot naturally be determined.

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