Research Article

Snapshot of Phylogenetic Groups, Virulence, and Resistance Markers in Escherichia coli Uropathogenic Strains Isolated from Outpatients with Urinary Tract Infections in Bucharest, Romania

Table 3

The association of different VF genes with PGs.

ā€‰GR AGR B1GR B2GR Dp-value

fimH155 (91.17%)204 (94%)264 (95.65%)116 (94.30%)0.2873
hlyD51 (30%)72 (33.17%)118 (42.75%)51 (41.46%)0.0196
hlyA1 (0.58%)3 (1.38%)7 (2.53%)25 (20.32%)0.0693
afaBC21 (12.35%)43 (19.81%)69 (25%)14 (11.38%)0.0010
KpsMTII12 (7.05%)72 (33.17%)96 (34.78%)13 (10.56%)<0.0001
sfaDE13 (7.64%)42 (19.35%)127 (46.01%)9 (7.31%)<0.0001
cnf-12 (1.17%)13 (5.99%)32 (11.59%)6 (4.87%)0.0005