Vaginal Colonization by papG Allele II⁺ Escherichia coli Isolates from Pregnant and Nonpregnant Women as Predisposing Factor to Pyelonephritis

Table 1

Nucleotide sequences of PCR primers used to amplify papG alleles [19].

Gene	Primer sequence (5′-3′)	Amplicon; size (bp)
papG allele I
F	TCGTGCTCAGGTCCGGAATTT	461
R	TGGCATCCCCCAACATTATCG
papG allele II
F	GGGATGAGCGGGCCTTTGAT	190
R	CGGGCCCCCAAGTAACTC
papG allele III
F	GGCCTGCAATGGATTTACCTGG	258
R	CCACCAAATGACCATGCCAGA