Genetic Evaluation of E. coli Strains Isolated from Asymptomatic Children with Neurogenic Bladders

Table 3

Virulence factor genes of E. coli strains.

E. coli source	Patient group		Percent of sample
			Adhesin		Toxin			Autotransport	Iron acquisition/utilization
			afa	sfa	iha	hlyA	cnf1	vat	iutA	iroNec	fyuA	sat
Current study	Pediatric	25	32	8	12	32	24	40	20	20	0	0
Neurogenic [24]	Pediatric	15	6.7	6.7	13.3	13.3	6.7	46.7	33.3	33.3	26.7	13.3
Commensal [13]	Adult	50	0	12	12	18	12	ND	ND	12	ND	ND
UTI [11]	Adult	23	0	13	ND	43	39	ND	36	74	87	ND

ND = not determined.
UTI = symptomatic urinary tract infection.