Table 3 O-antigen genotypes in samples scoring positive for pathogenic E. coli, from January to December 2016. Data is from cassette PCR results
Number and percent (in brackets) of pathogen-positive samples | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Month | total # pathogen+ samples | O26 | O45 | O103 | O111 | O121 | O145 | O157 |
January | 18 | 1 (5.6) | 5 (27.8) | 11(61.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (16.7) |
February | 18 | 1 (5.6) | 5 (27.8) | 8 (44.4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (5.6) | 4 (22.2) |
March | 26 | 2 (7.7) | 6 (23.1) | 5 (19.2) | 0 (0) | 6 (23.1) | 0 (0) | 6 (23.1) |
April | 23 | 1 (4.3) | 6 (26.1) | 4 (17.4) | 0 (0) | 6 (26.1) | 0 (0) | 6 (26.1) |
May | 28 | 1 (3.6) | 19 (67.9) | 13 (46.4) | 0 (0) | 13 (46.4) | 2 (7.1) | 11 (39.3) |
June | 36 | 11 (30.6) | 19 (52.8) | 22 (61.1) | 0 (0) | 14 (38.9) | 2 (5.6) | 16 (44.4) |
July | 42 | 23 (54.8) | 19 (45.2) | 29 (69.0) | 0 (0) | 28 (66.7) | 1 (2.4) | 27 (64.3) |
August | 16 | 6 (37.5) | 9 (56.3) | 12 (75.0) | 0 (0) | 13 (81.3) | 0 (0) | 13 (81.3) |
September | 37 | 7 (18.9) | 16 (43.2) | 16 (43.2) | 0 (0) | 13 (35.1) | 1 (2.7) | 28 (75.7) |
October | 21 | 2 (9.5) | 10 (47.6) | 4 (19.0) | 0 (0) | 5 (23.8) | 0 (0) | 12 (57.1) |
November | 49 | 5 (10.2) | 11 (22.4) | 6 (12.2) | 0 (0) | 18 (36.7) | 1 (2.0) | 24 (49.9) |
December | 24 | 4 (16.7) | 6 (25.0) | 10 (41.7) | 0 (0) | 6 (25.0) | 6 (25.0) | 8 (33.3) |
Total | 338 | 64 (18.9) | 131 (38.8) | 140 (41.4) | 0 (0) | 122 (36.1) | 14 (4.1) | 158 (46.7) |