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Table 1 Patient characteristics and sample properties of the 14 stool samples examined for this study

From: Characterizing the fecal microbiota of infants with botulism

Stool

Sample

Patient age (days)

BoNT typea

PCR result

1

CDC68129

14

Type B

bont/B

2

CDC68058

16

Type F

bont/F

3

CDC69068

21

Type B

bont/B

4

CDC68083

25

Type Ab

bont/A bont/B

5

CDC68116

28

Type A

bont/A

6

CDC68192

50

Type B

bont/B

7

CDC68090

120

Type B

bont/B

8

CDC68126

270

Type B

bont/B

9

CDC68053

17

None

Negative

10

CDC69114

46

None

Negative

11

CDC68112

63

None

Negative

12

CDC68122

90

None

Negative

13

CDC69062

120

None

Negative

14

CDC69078

350

None

Negative

  1. aBoNT type refers to the botulinum toxin type detected in each corresponding sample via mouse bioassay
  2. bIn this case, the isolate of BTPC not only produced BoNT serotype A, but also harbored an unexpressed gene encoding bont/B