Table 4.

The frequency (%) of avian pathogenic E. coli (n = 100) and human uropathogenic E. coli (n = 100) in terms of carrying two virulence encoding genes

Genes	APEC1	Spearman correlation index	p value	UPEC2	Spearman correlation index	p value
ompT, iss	57	0.03	0.70	17	-0.09	0.30
papG II, iss	60	0.06	0.50	11	† -0.27	0.007
iutA, iss	80	0.06	0.50	12	† -0.31	0.002
iss, sfa	0	-	-	5	* -0.26	0.01
sfa, ompT	0	-	-	6	-0.26	0.40
sfa, papG II	0	-	-	12	† 0.74	0.007
sfa, iutA	0	-	-	8	0.27	0.10
ompT, papG II	23	0.10	0.10	16	0.04	0.60
ompT, iutA	62	0.03	0.70	14	-0.85	0.40
papG II, iutA	60	0.00	1.00	14	-0.85	0.40

^*† indicate significant differences between APEC and UPEC isolates at p < 0.05, p < 0.001, respectively

¹ Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli;

² Human uropathogenic E. coli.