Table 2.
The prevalence of 23 VF genes among 423 extraintestinal ESBL producing E. coli strains, isolated from the Baltic Sea region.
| VF | Gene | Prevalence (% of total) |
|---|---|---|
| Adhesins | bmaE | 0 (0) |
| fimH | 399 (94) | |
| focG | 5 (1) | |
| nfaE | 2 (0.5) | |
| papAH | 65 (15) | |
| papC | 101 (24) | |
| papEF | 67 (16) | |
| papGI | 0 (0) | |
| papGII | 71 (17) | |
| papGIII | 8 (2) | |
| sfa/focDE | 45 (11) | |
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| Toxins | hlyA | 68 (16) |
| cvaC | 49 (12) | |
| cdtB | 2 (0.5) | |
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| Capsule | kpsMTIII | 251 (59) |
| kpsMT K1 | 22 (5) | |
| rfc | 5 (1) | |
| kpsMTII | 204 (48) | |
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| Siderophores | fyuA | 352 (83) |
| iutA | 341 (81) | |
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| Invasin | ibeA | 37 (9) |
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| Pathogenicity island | PAI | 215 (51) |
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| Serum resistance | traT | 364 (86) |