Objective To establish a database and to understand the molecular epidemiological features of non-Ol57 Shiga toxin.producing Escherichia coli(STEC)isolates from difrerent animal reservoirs and patients.Methods Pulsed—field gel electrophoresis(PFGE)was performed according to the PulseNet protocol with minor modifications.A dendrogram was constructed using the BioNumeriCS.Results Under the PulseNet protoc01.62 PFGE paRerns were obtained from 76 non.O 1 57 STEC isolates and then divided into A to M groups.Isolates from different
sources were widely distributed in different groups.but were predominant seen in certain groups. Conclusion The non-O157 STEC isolates in China were highly polymorphic.PulseNet protocol seemed to be suitable for the typing of Chinese non—O157 STEC isolates.