Research Article
Molecular Screening of Virulence Genes in Extraintestinal Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Human Blood Culture in Brazil
Table 4
Distribution of pathogenicity islands (PAI) according to phylogenetic classification (PC), among ExPEC and commensal strains.
| PC | PAI I536 | PAI II536 | PAI IV536 | PAI IJ96 | PAI ICFT073 | PAI IICFT073 | Total of PAIs | Total of strains |
| B2 (ExPEC) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | B2 (commensal) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | D (ExPEC) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | D (commensal) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | B1 (ExPEC) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | B1 (commensal) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | A (ExPEC) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | A (commensal) | 3 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 37 |
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