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Table 3 Adherence patterns of 509 isolates collected prospectively from 130 travellers with diarrhoea and their hybridization to the daaC probe.

From: The commonly-used DNA probe for diffusely-adherent Escherichia coli cross-reacts with a subset of enteroaggregative E. coli

Adherence pattern

Number of isolates showing pattern (n = 509)

Number (%) of isolates hybridizing to the daaCprobe

AA

48

9 (18.8)

DA

52

28 (53.8)

AA/DA

49

22 (44.9)

Other adherence patterns (non AA or DA)

179

1 (0.6)

Non-adherent

181

2 (1.1)

  1. AA = aggregative adherence; DA = diffuse adherence; AA/DA = elements of both aggregative and diffuse adherence