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. 2012 Feb;50(2):449–456. doi: 10.1128/JCM.00640-11

Table 4.

Distributions of the MIGs among 342 E. coli isolates in different source groups

Gene No. (%) of E. coli isolates
P valuea
Fecal isolates
(n = 115)
Cystitis isolates
(n = 67)
Pyelonephritis isolates
(n = 72)
Urosepsis isolates
(n = 64)
BTI isolatesb
(n = 24)
Fecal vs cystitis Fecal vs pyelonephritis Fecal vs urosepsis Fecal vs BTI Cystitis vs pyelonephritis Cystitis vs urosepsis Pyelonephritis vs urosepsis BTI vs cystitis BTI vs pyelonephritis BTI vs urosepsis
cjrABC-senB 23 (20) 24 (36) 32 (44) 23 (36) 2 (9) 0.023 0.001 0.031 0.016 0.001 0.015
sivH 21 (18) 36 (54) 37 (51) 30 (47) 4 (13) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.002 0.004 0.013
shiA 40 (35) 47 (70) 62 (86) 54 (84) 6 (25) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.025 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
sisA 35 (30) 45 (67) 61 (85) 51 (80) 5 (22) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.017 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001
sisB 10 (9) 19(28) 16(22) 20 (31) 3 (13) 0.001 0.016 <0.001
eco274 31 (27) 22 (33) 31 (43) 30 (47) 7(38) 0.026 0.009
fbpB 18 (16) 30 (45) 32 (44) 32 (50) 3 (9) <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.006 0.006 0.001
a

Only P values of <0.05 (by Fisher's exact test) are shown. −, P value of ≥0.05.

b

“BTI isolates” indicates BTI-associated bacteremia isolates.