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. 2019 Sep 12;14(9):e0222441. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222441

Table 2. Virulence patterns (EC) distribution among Phylogenetic groups of UPEC and DEC E.coli isolates.

Virulence pattern Phylogenetic group Isolates
N (%)
A0 A1 B1 B2 2 B2 3 D1 D2 UPEC DEC
Ec1(UPEC/DEC) 9 /5 8/16 1/- 2/6 1/11 3/6 - 24 (23.3%) 44 (62.9%)
Ec2 2 2 - 1 6 1 - 12(11.65%) 0
Ec3(UPEC/DEC) 2/2 5/8 1 -/2 1/2 2 - 11(10.67%) 14 (20%)
Ec4(UPEC/DEC) 5/2 3/2 1 - - 1 1 11(10.67%) 4 (5.71%)
Ec5 3 5 - - - 1 - 9 (8.7%) 0
Ec6 - 2 - 2 2 - - 6 (5.8%) 0
Ec7 - 1 2 2 - - - 5 (4.85%) 0
Ec8 - 1 - - - 2 - 3 (2.91%) 0
Ec9 - - 1 - - 2 - 3 (2.91%) 0
Ec10(UPEC/DEC) - - - 1/2 -/2 -/2 2 3 (2.91%) 6 (8.57%)
Ec11 - - - - - 1 1 2 (1.94%) 0
Ec12 - 1 - 1 - - - 2 (1.94%) 0
Ec13 2 - - - - - - 2 (1.94%) 0
Ec14 - - - - 2 - - 2 (1.94%) 0
Ec15 - - - 2 - - - 2 (1.94%) 0
Ec16 - 2 - - - - - 2 (1.94%) 0
Ec17 - 1 - - - - - 1 (0.97%) 0
Ec18 - 1 - - - - - 1 (0.97%) 0
Ec19 1 - - - - - - 1 (0.97%) 0
Ec20 - - - - 1 - - 11 (0.97%) 0
Ec21(UPEC/DEC) - - - -/2 - - - 0 2 (2.86%)
total(UPEC/DEC) 24/9 32/26 6/- 11/12 13/15 13/8 4/- 103(100%) 70(100%)

UPEC, uropathogenic E.coli; DEC, Diarrheagenic E.coli; Ec1include (fimH gene); Ec2 (sfa gene); Ec3 (fimH and iroN genes); Ec4 (no genes detected); Ec5 (fimH and sfa); Ec6 (fimH, sfa, papE and iroN genes); Ec7 ((fimH, sfa and iroN genes); Ec8 (fimH and papA); Ec9 (papE); Ec10 (fimH, papA and iroN genes); Ec11 (sfa and iroN genes); Ec12 (fimH, sfa, papE); Ec13 (sfa, papA and iroN genes); Ec14 (sfa, papA, papE and iroN genes); Ec15 (fimH, sfa, papA, papE and iroN genes); Ec16 ((fimH, papE and iroN genes), Ec17 (papA); Ec18 (papE); Ec19 ((fimH, sfa, papA); Ec20 (fimH, sfa, iroN and hly); Ec21 (fimH, iroN and hly genes).