Clinical Study
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 () | Nonpregnant women's isolates () | Total () | () |
| 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) |
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