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Volume 22, Number 4—April 2016
Research

Limited Dissemination of Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase– and Plasmid-Encoded AmpC–Producing Escherichia coli from Food and Farm Animals, Sweden

Stefan Börjesson1Comments to Author , Sofia Ny1, Maria Egervärn, Jakob Bergström, Åsa Rosengren, Stina Englund, Sonja Löfmark, and Sara Byfors
Author affiliations: Author affiliations: National Veterinary Institute, Uppsala, Sweden (S. Börjesson, S. Englund); Public Health Agency of Sweden,; Stockholm, Sweden (S. Ny, J. Bergström, S. Löfmark, S. Byfors); National Food Agency, Uppsala (M. Egervärn, Å. Rosengren)

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Table 2

Overlapping plasmid multilocus sequence types for 114 incI1 plasmids carrying ESBL/pAmpC genes in Escherichia coli isolates from various sources, Sweden*

Plasmid multilocus sequence type ESBL/pAmpC gene Category (no.) E. coli multilocus sequence type
3
 blaCTX-M-1
 Community carriers (4), bloodstream infections (1), poultry (9), chicken meat from Sweden (3), imported chicken meat (2), imported beef/pork (4), leafy greens (1)
 57, 80, 88, 117, 131, 135, 141,155, 219, 602, 752, 744, 847, 1335 1594,1607,1640, 4162, 4367
3-like†
 blaCTX-M-1
 Bloodstream infections (1), poultry (3)
 62,155
7
 blaCTX-M-1
 Blood stream infections (3), imported chicken meat (5)
 117, 453, 746, 752, 2500, 4373
31
 blaCTX-M-15
 Community carriers (1), bloodstream infections (1), pigs or calves (1), imported beef/pork (2)
 10, 162, 349
114
 blaCTX-M-8
 Bloodstream infections (2), imported chicken meat (9)
 10, 155, 533 1304, 1773, 4362
36
 blaTEM-52
 Bloodstream infections (1), imported chicken meat (2), pigs or calves (1), imported pork/beef (1)
 10, 86,155, 297, 2169
2
 blaCMY-2
 Bloodstream infections (1), chicken meat from Sweden (2)
 10, 58, 299
12 blaCMY-2 Community carriers (1), poultry (3), chicken meat from Sweden (12), imported chicken meat (5) 10, 38, 48, 58, 69, 117, 131, 206, 297, 1079

*ESBL, extended-spectrum β-lactamase; pAmpC, plasmid-encoded AmpC.
†The sogS gene could not be detected by PCR.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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