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Table 2 Characteristics of the ESBL-producing Escherichia coli strains isolated from patients present at the time of wastewater collection

From: Quantitative evaluation of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli strains in the wastewater of a French teaching hospital and relation to patient strain

Patient

Unit of hospitalizationa

Specimen

β-lactamases

DiversiLab® type

Pulsotype

Corresponding wastewater clusterb

1

PAC-Nec.

Rectal swab

CTX-M-27

1

1b

WWCG1b

2

PAC-Mong.

Rectal swab

CTX-M-27

1

1b

WWCG1b

3

PAC-Mong.

Rectal swab

CTX-M-27

1

1b

WWCG1b

4

PAC-Mong.

Rectal swab, urine

CTX-M-27

1

1b

WWCG1b

5

LTC

wound

CTX-M-27

1

1b

WWCG1b

6

PAC-UPG

Urine

CTX-M-14, TEM-1

1

1a

WWCG1a

7

PAC-Mong.

Rectal swab

CTX-M-15, TEM-1

1

1c

-

8

LTC

Rectal swab

CTX-M-1, TEM-1

6

-

-

9

PAC-Mong.

Rectal swab

CTX-M-15, TEM-30

7

-

-

  1. aunit of hospitalization at the time of wastewater collection; PAC post-acute care wards, LTC long-term care ward; bsee Table 1 for definition