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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-2-2
pubmed:abstractText
A total of 161 Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains isolated from children with urinary tract infection (UTI) were analysed for the genes encoding the virulence factors such as pyelonephritis (pap), s fimbriae (sfa), afimbrial adhesin I (afaI), haemolysin (hly), cytotoxic necrotising factor I (cnf I) and aerobactin (aer) by multiplex PCR. Ninety-four E. coli strains were found to carry at least one virulence factor. Therefore, 58.38% of total population was positive for one virulence gene at least. Percentage of genes within the total population for pap, sfa, afaI, hly, cnf I and aer was found as 22.98, 6.21, 9.94, 1.24, 9.94 and 39.75, respectively. Our analysis showed that sfa-pap (p < 0.001); pap-aer, afaI-aer and cnf I-pap (P < 0.05) and hly-sfa (p < 0.01) significantly co-occurred in their respective samples. In the light of these findings, we suggest an important role of pap causing UTI.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1368-5031
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
170-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-2-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of virulence factors of Escherichia coli from children by multiplex polymerase chain reaction.
pubmed:affiliation
Ankara University, Faculty of Health Education, Department of Basic Health Sciences, Ankara, Turkey. munear@mynet.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't