Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Clinical Isolates from Northern Colombia, South America

Table 3

Distribution of MLST sequence types among Colombian ETEC isolates.

Origin of ETEC isolates number (%)			SeqT	Associated pathotype^a
Child with diarrhea	Healthy child	Total
6	1	7 (17.5)	SeqT2332	ETEC
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT849	ETEC
2	0	2 (5.0)	SeqT88	ETEC
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT100	ETEC
0	1	1 (2.5)	SeqT4	ETEC
0	1	1 (2.5)	SeqT94	ETEC
2	0	2 (5.0)	SeqT1312	ETEC
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT731	ETEC
1	1	2 (5.0)	SeqT10	ETEC, EAEC, EPEC, ExPEC
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT34	EAEC
2	0	2 (5.0)	SeqT38	EAEC
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT501	EAEC
0	1	1 (2.5)	SeqT23	EHEC
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT2066	Commensal
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT216	Commensal
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT3855	ETEC
2	0	2 (5.0)	SeqT641	Unknown
2	0	2 (5.0)	SeqT173	Unknown
1^b	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT155	ETEC, EAEC, ExPEC
4^c	0	4 (10.0)	SeqT443	Unknown
0	1^d	1 (2.5)	SeqT1623	Unknown
1^e	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT2067	Unknown
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT4238^f	New SeqT
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT4239^f	New SeqT
1	0	1 (2.5)	SeqT4252^g	New SeqT
34 (85.0)	6 (15.0)	40 (100.0)

aAssociated pathotype according to MLST Databases at the ERI, University College Cork. ^bSingle mutation in fumC at position 158. ^cSingle mutation in icd at position 158. ^dSingle mutation in purA at position 260. ^eMutations in icd at position 110 and fumC at position 153. ^fNew sequence types submitted to the MLST Databases at the ERI, University College Cork. ^gNew SeqT submitted to MLST database; in addition, the new icd sequence for this strain was assigned number icd 454.