Table 5.
The distribution of virulence factor genes in UTI E. coli in 2009–2010 and 2020.
| Virulence Factor Genes | 2009–2010 (n = 504) |
2020 (n = 340) |
Total (n = 844) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| papGI | 0 (0) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 0.223 |
| papGII | 144 (28.6) | 77 (22.6) | 221 (26.2) | 0.055 |
| papGIII | 85 (16.9) | 41 (12.1) | 126 (14.9) | 0.055 |
| sfa | 43 (8.5) | 43 (12.6) | 86 (10.2) | 0.053 |
| foc | 53 (10.5) | 40 (11.8) | 93 (11.0) | 0.570 |
| cnf1 | 112 (22.2) | 92 (27.1) | 204 (24.2) | 0.107 |
| aer | 324 (64.3) | 189 (55.6) | 513 (60.8) | 0.011 |
| usp | 318 (63.1) | 200 (58.8) | 518 (61.4) | 0.211 |
| iha | 180 (35.7) | 111 (32.6) | 291 (34.5) | 0.358 |
| ompT | 400 (79.4) | 253 (74.4) | 653 (77.4) | 0.092 |
| afa | 284 (56.3) | 217 (63.8) | 501 (59.4) | 0.030 |
| iRONE | 20 (40.3) | 121 (35.6) | 324 (38.4) | 0.169 |
| fimH | 490 (97.2) | 303 (89.1) | 793 (94.0) | <0.001 |
| hly | 125 (24.8) | 105 (30.9) | 230 (27.3) | 0.052 |
| sat | 165 (32.7) | 139 (40.9) | 304 (36.0) | 0.016 |
| K1 | 126 (25.0) | 75 (22.1) | 201 (23.8) | 0.325 |