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

Table 5

Phylogenetic groups and ExPEC VFs' genes possessed by papG ⁺ vaginal and fecal E. coli isolates from pregnant and nonpregnant women.

Traits	No. (%) of isolates positive for the indicated trait
	Vaginal isolates			Fecal isolates
	Pregnant women's isolates (𝑛=10)	Nonpregnant women's isolates (𝑛=14)	Total (𝑛=23)	(𝑛=2)
Phylogenetic groups
A	0	0	0	0
B1	0	0	0	0
B2	8 (80)	11 (78.5)	18 (78.2)	0
D	2 (20)	3 (21.4)	5 (21.7)	2 (100)
ExPEC VFs' genes
fimH	10 (100)	14 (100)	23 (100)	2 (100)
papC	10 (100)	14 (100)	23 (100)	2 (100)
Sfa/foc	6 (60)	7 (50.0)	13 (56.5)	0
hly	7 (70)	8 (57.1)	15 (65.2)	1 (50)
iucC	9 (90)	11 (78.5)	20 (86.9)	2 (100)