Genomic characterisation of an endometrial pathogenic Escherichia coli strain reveals the acquisition of genetic elements associated with extra-intestinal pathogenicity

Table 1 Isolated ST453 strains and their source of isolation

Strain	Country	Source	Pathotype	Reference
E. coli 28	Brazil	Human	UPEC	[27]
ESBL116	Netherlands	Human	UPEC	[28]
HMMC097	Brazil	Human	UPEC	[10]
IMT19121	Germany	Rat	Faecal	[29]
U2183	Germany	Human	UPEC	[30]
Not given	Portugal	Seagull	Faecal	[31]
Not given	China	Human	UPEC	[32]
Not given	China	Human	Faecal	[32]
*Ecoli-CHU-52	France	Human	Faecal	CHU J. Minjoz Besançon
*Ecoli-CHU-24	France	Human	Faecal	CHU J. Minjoz Besançon

*Unpublished isolate present in the University College Cork MLST database.
ST453 E. coli previously isolated from humans and animals. Five of the eight isolates are from urinary tract infection of humans (UPEC), while the remaining three are faecal isolates from humans and animals. Two further unpublished isolates present in the MLST database (University College Cork, marked with an asterisk) have been isolated from humans in the absence of disease.

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