Prevalence of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) Clone Harboring sfa Gene in Brazil

Table 2

Serogroup, virulence genes, and genetic patterns of APEC sfa+.

Genetic patterns	Virulence genes	Strains (n)	Sorogroups	States	Farms
G1	crl+iuc+fim+neu+hly+tsh+csgA+iss+cnf1+	1	O6	SP	B
G2	crl+iuc+fim+neu+hly+ iss+cnf1+	1	O6	SP	B
G3	crl+iuc+fim+neu+hly+ cnf1+	1	O21	SP	B
G4	crl+iuc+fim+neu+hly+	3	O6	PR/RS	D-E/H
G5	crl+iuc+fim+neu+csgA+iss+pap+	1	O88	PR	D
G6	crl+iuc+fim+neu+csgA+iss+pap+	1	O8	SC	G
G7	crl+iuc+fim+neu+tsh+csgA+	1	O143	SC	J
G8	crl+iuc+fim+neu+tsh+pap+	1	O78	SP	K
G9	crl+iuc+fim+neu+tsh+iss+	2	O46/O143	SP/SC	B/J
G10	crl+iuc+fim+neu+csgA+	1	NT	PR	E
G11	crl+iuc+fim+neu+tsh+	1	NT	SP	I
G12	crl+iuc+fim+neu+tsh+csgA+iss+	6	O2/O78/O88/O111/O143	SP/PR	A-B-K/F
G13	crl+iuc+fim+neu+	11	O6/O8	PR/RS/SP	D-F/H/B
G14	crl+iuc+fim+hly+csgA+cnf1+	1	O106	GO	L
G15	crl+iuc+fim+hly+cnf1+	1	O6	SP	B
G16	crl+iuc+fim+	2	O6	PR	E-D
G17	crl+iuc+fim+hly+	2	O6	PR	F-E
G18	crl+iuc+fim+hly+pap+	1	O6	PR	D
G19	crl+iuc+hly+iss+cnf1+	1	O6	SP	B
G20	crl+iuc+hly+pap+	1	O6	PR	D
G21	crl+iuc+hly+	2	O6	PR	E
G22	crl+iuc+	1	O6	PR	D
G23	crl+fim+neu+	2	O6/NT	SP/PR	K/C
G24	crl+fim+hly+tsh+cnf1+	1	O6	SP	B
G25	iuc+fim+neu+	1	O6	SC	G
G26	fim+neu+tsh+	1	O25	PR	D
G27	iuc+hly+	1	O6	PR	D
G28	crl+	1	O6	PR	D