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Volume 16, Number 1—January 2010
Research

Food Reservoir for Escherichia coli Causing Urinary Tract Infections

Caroline Vincent, Patrick Boerlin, Danielle Daignault, Charles M. Dozois, Lucie Dutil, Chrissi Galanakis, Richard J. Reid-Smith, Pierre-Paul Tellier, Patricia A. Tellis, Kim Ziebell, and Amee R. MangesComments to Author 
Author affiliations: McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada (C. Vincent, C. Galanakis, P.-P. Tellier, P.A. Tellis, A.R. Manges); University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (P. Boerlin, R.J. Reid-Smith); Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint-Hyacinthe, Québec (D. Daignault, L. Dutil); INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Québec (C.M. Dozois); Public Health Agency of Canada, Guelph (R.J. Reid-Smith, K. Ziebell)

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Table 1

Sources of 844 Escherichia coli isolates collected and analyzed in Canada, by year and location, 2005–2007*

Source Total no. (%) isolates Year, no. (%) isolates
Location, no. (%) isolates
2005 2006 2007 Quebec Ontario Other†
Clinical
UTI
353 (42)
103 (29)
175 (50)
75 (21)

353 (100)
0
0
Retail meat
All 417 (49) 178 (43) 158 (38) 81(19) 264 (63) 139 (33) 14 (3)
Chicken 253 (61) 107 (42) 101 (40) 45 (18) 141 (56) 99 (39) 13 (5)
Beef 82 (20) 37 (45) 26 (32) 19 (23) 81 (99) 1 (1) 0
Pork
82 (20)
34 (41)
31 (38)
17 (21)

42 (51)
39 (48)
1 (1)
Restaurant/ready-to-eat foods
All 74 (9) 19 (26) 33 (45) 22 (30) 74 (100) 0 0
Chicken 21 (28) 7 (33) 6 (29) 8 (38) 21 (100) 0 0
Beef 13 (18) 3 (23) 6 (46) 4 (31) 13 (100) 0 0
Pork 5 (7) 0 4 (80) 1 (20) 5 (100) 0 0
Fish/seafood 6 (8) 2 (33) 2 (33) 2 (33) 6 (100) 0 0
Other meat‡ 9 (12) 1 (11) 7 (78) 1 (11) 9 (100) 0 0
Other food§
20 (27)
6 (30)
8 (40)
6 (30)

20 (100)
0
0
Total 844 (100) 300 (36) 366 (43) 178 (21) 691 (82) 139 (16) 14 (2)

*UTI, urinary tract infection.
†British Columbia (n = 4) and Saskatchewan (n = 10).
‡Bison, lamb, duck, and snail.
§Fruits (honeydew melon), vegetables, cheese, rice, couscous, and pasta.

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