The ST131 clonal group accounted for 57 (21%) of the 268 Korean E. coli isolates.
Twenty-one (37%) of 57 ST131 isolates were H30Rx, 27 (47%) were H30 non-Rx, and 8 (14%) were non-H30.
All H30 isolates had the same 5 nonsynonymous mutations in gyrA, parC, and parE.
Twenty (95%) of 21 H30Rx isolates harbored CTX-M-15.
160">The vagCD gene was detected only in H30Rx isolates.