Research Article
Differences in Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Escherichia coli Virulence Factor Genes in the Baltic Sea Region
Table 5
VF-s exhibiting significant prevalence differences according to geographical origin among 423 ESBL producing E. coli strains.
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VF |
Gene | Number of isolates (% of total) | | Estoniaa
() | Latviab
() | Lithuaniac
() | Russiad
() |
| | Adhesins | papAH | 14 (9) | 8 (7) | 5 (14) | 38 (30) | ≤0 | | papEF | 13 (9) | 10 (9) | 3 (9) | 41 (32) | ≤0;
| | papC | 20 (13) | 29 (26) | 6 (17) | 46 (36) | ≤0;
| | papGII | 3 (2) | 24 (21) | 4 (11) | 40 (31) | ≤0;
≤0 | | sfa/focDE | 28 (19) | 9 (8) | 5 (14) | 3 (2) | ≤0;
| | focG | 2 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (6) | 0 (0) | |
| | Toxins | hlyA | 24 (16) | 12 (11) | 4 (11) | 28 (22) | | | cvaC | 18 (12) | 13 (12) | 10 (29) | 8 (6) | ≤0;
≤0 |
| | Capsule | kpsMTII | 78 (52) | 77 (69) | 9 (26) | 40 (31) | ≤0; ≤0 | | kpsMTIII | 81 (54) | 80 (71) | 27 (77) | 63 (50) | ;
≤0 | | rfc | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (3) | 4 (3) | |
| | Siderophores | fyuA | 125 (84) | 90 (80) | 25 (71) | 112 (88) | | | iutA | 106 (71) | 101 (90) | 28 (74) | 108 (85) | ;
≤0 |
| | Invasin | ibeA | 27 (18) | 3 (3) | 4 (11) | 3 (2) | ;
≤0 |
| | Serum resistance | traT | 110 (74) | 110 (98) | 33 (94) | 111 (87) | ≤0
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Indicate strains isolated from different countries.
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