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

Table 6

Phylogenetic groups and ExPEC VFs' genes possessed by papG allele II⁺ 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=9)	Nonpregnant women's isolates (𝑛=13)	Total (𝑛=22)	(𝑛=2)
Phylogenetic groups
A	0	0	0	0
B1	0	0	0	0
B2	8 (88.8)	10 (76.9)	18 (81.8)	0
D	1 (11.1)	3 (23.0)	4 (18.1)	2 (100)
ExPEC VFs' genes
fimH	9 (100)	13 (100)	22 (100)	2 (100)
papC	9 (100)	13 (100)	22 (100)	2 (100)
Sfa/foc	3 (33.3)	7 (53.8)	10 (45.4)	0
hly	7 (77.7)	9 (69.2)	16 (72.7)	1 (50)
iucC	9 (100)	11 (84.6)	20 (90.9)	2 (100)