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Volume 13, Number 5—May 2007

Dispatch

Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli Related to Uropathogenic Clonal Group A

Faith Wallace-Gadsden*1, James R. Johnson†‡, John Wain§, and Iruka N. Okeke*Comments to Author 

Author affiliations: *Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA;; †Minneapolis Veterans Administration Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA;; ‡University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; and; §Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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Table 1

Properties of H18 EAEC isolates and selected reference strains*

Strain Country of isolation Clinical condition Serotype Motility CGA (fumC SNP) Resistance pattern aggR aap CVD432 (aat) astA chuA iucA
C08
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 O86:H18
 +
 +
 Ap St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
C14
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 N/K
 +
 +
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
E23
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 N/K
 +
 +
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
E30
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 N/K
 +
 +
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
G10
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 N/K
 +
 +
 Ap Cm St Su Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
G17a
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 N/K
 –
 +
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
G59
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 N/K
 –
 +
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
G67b
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 N/K
 +
 +
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
C16
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 N/K
 +
 –
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 –
G55
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 N/K
 +
 –
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
E64
 Nigeria
 Healthy
 N/K
 +
 +
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
 +
G108
 Nigeria
 Healthy
 N/K
 +
 +
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 –
 –
 +
 +
 +
 +
E56
 Nigeria
 Healthy
 N/K
 +
 –
 Ap Cm St Su Tc
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
E62
 Nigeria
 Healthy
 N/K
 –
 –
 Tc
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
E68
 Nigeria
 Healthy
 N/K
 +
 –
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 –
 –
 +
 +
 +
 +
G103
 Nigeria
 Healthy
 N/K
 +
 –
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 –
 –
 +
 +
 +
 +
G121a
 Nigeria
 Healthy
 N/K
 +
 –
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
G149
 Nigeria
 Healthy
 N/K
 +
 –
 Ap St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
O42
 Peru
 Diarrhea
 O44:H18
 +
 –
 Cm St Su Tc Tp
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 –
44-1
 Thailand
 Diarrhea
 O36:H18
 +
 –
 Ap Cm St Su Tc
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
144-1
 Thailand
 Diarrhea
 O77:NM
 –
 +
 Cm
 +
 +
 +
 –
 +
 +
E02
 Nigeria
 Diarrhea
 Ont:H18
 +
 –
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 –
 –
 –
 –
 +
 –
DH5α†
 N/A
 N/A
 N/A
 +
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
 –
2P9‡
 USA
 UTI
 O15:K52:H1
 ND
 –
 St
 –
 –
 –
 –
 +
 +
SEQ102‡
 USA
 UTI
 O11:NT
 ND
 +
 Ap Cm St Su Tc Tp
 –
 –
 –
 –
 +
 +
UMN026‡
 USA
 UTI
 O17:K52:H18
 ND
 +
 Ap Cm St Tc Tp
 –
 –
 –
 –
 +
 +
CFT073‡ USA UTI O6:K2:H1 ND – – – – – – + +

*EAEC, enteroaggregative Escherichia coli; CGA, clonal group A; Ap, ampicillin; St, streptomycin; Su, sulfonamide; Tc, tetracycline; Tp,
trimethoprim; N/K, not known; Cm, chloramphenicol; ETEC, enterotoxigenic E. coli; N/A, not applicable; UTI, urinary tract infection. All
strains were susceptible to nalidixic acid and ciprofloxacin. All pathotypes are EAEC (H18) unless otherwise noted.
†Pathotype K-12.
‡Pathotype uropathogenic E. coli.

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1Current affiliation: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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