Research Article

Studies on Virulence and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates and Therapeutic Effect of Fosfomycin in Acute Pyelonephritis Mice

Table 2

The correlation between ESBLs and virulence genes in 22 UPEC strains.

Virulence genesResultESBLs+Non-ESBLs-Chi-square, value
n=12 (%) (%)

FimH+12 (100%)10 (100%)NS
_0 (0)0 (0)
papA+5 (42%)5 (50%)NS
-7 (58%)5 (50%)
papC+6 (50%)5 (50%)NS
-6 (50%)5 (50%)
ChuT+9 (75%)8 (80%)NS
-3 (25%)2 (80%)
IutA+4 (33%)7 (70%)NS
-8 (67%)3 (30%)

NS, not significant.