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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 2

Characteristics of Escherichia coli clonal groups identified within isolates from 3 types of samples, Canada, 2005–2007*†

Group and strain Type of sample Isolate source Location‡ Year Genotype MLST
ST Serotype
MLVA ERIC2 XbaI PFGE
1
EC01DT06-1737-01 Retail meat Chicken Montreal 2006 1.033 33.01 33A.0 131 O25:H4
MSHS 161 Clinical Human Montreal 2005 1.033 33.01 33A.0 131 O25:H4
MSHS 1134A Clinical Human Montreal 2007 1.033 33.01 33A.1 131 O25:H4
2
68616.01 RTE Honeydew Montreal 2005 1.018 18.01 18A.0 95 O2:H7
MSHS 100 Clinical Human Montreal 2005 1.018 18.01 18A.0 95 O2:H7
MSHS 186 Clinical Human Montreal 2005 1.018 18.01 18A.0 95 O2:H7
MSHS 811 Clinical Human Montreal 2006 1.018 18.01 18A.0 95 O2:H7
MSHS 1229 Clinical Human Montreal 2007 1.018 18.01 18A.1 95 O2:H7
MSHS 95 Clinical Human Montreal 2005 1.018 18.01 18A.2 95 O2:H7
MSHS 1062 Clinical Human Montreal 2007 1.018 18.01 18A.2 95 O2:NM
MSHS 782 Clinical Human Montreal 2006 1.018 18.01 18A.4 95 O2:H7
MSHS 819 Clinical Human Montreal 2006 1.018 18.01 18A.4 95 O2:H7
3
EC01DT05-0789-01 Retail meat Chicken Ontario 2005 1.023 23.01 23A.0 117 O114:H4
MSHS 1014A Clinical Human Montreal 2007 1.023 23.01 23A.5 117 O114:H4
EC01DT05-0224-01 Retail meat Chicken Ontario 2005 1.023 23.01 23B 117 ONT:NM
EC01DT06-1887-01 Retail meat Chicken Montreal 2006 1.023 23.01 23C 117 O143:H4
EC01DT07-0956-01 Retail meat Chicken Other 2007 1.023 23.01 23D 117 O53:H4
EC01DT05-1700-01 Retail meat Chicken Quebec 2005 1.023 23.01 NT 117 O160:H4
EC01DT07-1050-01 Retail meat Chicken Ontario 2007 1.023 23.01 NT 117 O45:H4
EC01DT07-1090-01 Retail meat Chicken Montreal 2007 1.023 23.01 NT 117 O24:H4
MSHS 133 Clinical Human Montreal 2005 1.023 23.01 NT 117 O24:NM
4
EC01DT06-0649-01 Retail meat Pork Montreal 2006 1.116 116.01 116A 69 O17/73/106:H18
MSHS 719 Clinical Human Montreal 2006 1.116 116.01 116C 69 O44:H18
MSHS 956 Clinical Human Montreal 2007 1.116 116.01 116D 69 ONT:H18
5
EC01DT05-1012-01 Retail meat Pork Ontario 2005 1.102 102.01 102A 493 O4:H5
MSHS 769 Clinical Human Montreal 2006 1.102 102.01 102B 493 O4:H5
6
EC01DT06-1265-01 Retail meat Beef Montreal 2006 2.107 107.01 107A 401 O36:NM
76083.08 RTE Chicken Montreal 2007 2.107 107.01 107B 401 O36:NM
7
EC01DT06-0274-01 Retail meat Chicken Quebec 2006 2.097 97.01 97A 295 O172:H16
79287 RTE Chicken Montreal 2007 2.097 97.01 97B 295 O172:H16

*MLST, multilocus sequence typing; MLVA, multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis; ERIC2, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequence 2; PFGE, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis; ST, sequence type; RTE, restaurant/ready-to-eat foods; NT, nontypeable; ONT, serogroup nontypeable; NM, non-motile; UNK, unknown. An expanded version of Table 2 containing all isolates is available online at www.cdc.gov/EID/content/16/1/zzz-T2.htm.
†All isolates in groups 1, 2, and 5 were phylotype B2; all isolates in groups 3, 4, and 8 were phylotype D; all isolates in groups 6, 9, 10, and 11, as well as isolate MSHS 689 in group 17, were phylotype A; all isolates in groups 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, as well as isolate EC01DT05-0469-01 from group 17, were phylotype B1.
‡Other locations were Saskatchewan or British Columbia.

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