Table 2.
Virulence factor (VF)-encoding genes observed from the 196 isolates and the isolates included in the 10 most frequent sequence types.
| VF Gene | Number (%) of Isolates | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 196) |
B2 ST131 (n = 23) |
A ST10 (n = 9) |
B2 ST12 (n = 8) |
B1 ST58 (n = 5) |
D ST69 (n = 13) |
B2 ST73 (n = 21) |
C ST88 (n = 12) |
B2 ST95 (n = 10) |
B2 ST127 (n = 7) |
B2 ST141 (n = 14) |
|
| Adhesins | |||||||||||
| fimH | 193 (98.5) | 23 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| fimAvMT78 | 27 (13.8) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| papAH | 84 (42.9) | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| papC | 87 (44.4) | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| papEF | 92 (46.9) | 6 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
| sfa/focDE | 58 (29.6) | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| afa/draBC | 11(5.6) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| yfcV | 106 (54.1) | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| Toxins | |||||||||||
| sat | 47 (24.0) | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| cnf1 | 49 (25.0) | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| hlyA | 55 (28.1) | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| hlyF | 44 (22.4) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| cdtB | 12 (6.1) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| tsh | 7 (3.6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| vat | 80 (40.8) | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| Iron uptake | |||||||||||
| iucD | 99 (50.5) | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| iutA | 99 (50.5) | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| iroN | 93 (47.4) | 3 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
| fyuA | 162 (82.7) | 23 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| chuA | 135 (68.9) | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| Capsule | |||||||||||
| kpsM II | 119 (60.7) | 17 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| neuC-K1 | 35 (17.9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| kpsM II-K2 | 17 (8.7) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| kpsM II-K5 | 67 (34.2) | 10 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| kpsM III | 6 (3.1) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Miscellaneous | |||||||||||
| cvaC | 35 (17.9) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| iss | 46 (23.5) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| traT | 111 (56.6) | 17 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 |
| ibeA | 23 (11.7) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| malX | 109 (55.6) | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| usp | 107 (54.6) | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| ompT | 151 (77.0) | 23 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| ExPEC status | 121 (61.7) | 15 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| UPEC status | 106 (54.1) | 20 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 |
| Range of VFs | 1 to 23 | 8 to 20 | 1 to 14 | 16-19 | 2-10 | 5-12 | 13-20 | 6-13 | 13-22 | 13-17 | 12-23 |
| Mean of VFs | 11.6 | 12.3 | 6.3 | 17.1 | 8.4 | 9.4 | 17.4 | 9.8 | 18.2 | 15.4 | 16.2 |
Bold indicates the VF-encoding gene present in ≥60% of the isolates.