TABLE 1.

Virulence factors in each isolate

Virulence mechanism		Virulence gene	Pasteur ST [no. of isolates (%)]					All isolates
			ST1	ST2	ST600	ST570	ST113
Adherence		ompA	17/17 (100)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	4/4 (100)	31/31 (100)
Biofilm formation
Efflux pump	adeF, adeG, adeH		17/17 (100)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	4/4 (100)	31/31 (100)
Biofilm-associated protein	bap		0/17 (0)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	1/4 (25)	21/31 (67.7)
Csu fimbrae	csuA, csuA/B, csuC, csuD, csuE		17/17 (100)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	4/4 (100)	31/31 (100%)
Biofilm formation	pgaA, pgaB, pgaC, pgaD		17/17 (100)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	4/4 (100)	31/31 (100%)
Phospholipase		plc, plcD	17/17 (100)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	4/4 (100)	31/31 (100%)
Acinetobactin production		barA, barB, basA, basB, basC, basF, basG, basH, basI, basJ, entE	17/17 (100)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	4/4 (100)	31/31 (100)
		bauA	0/17 (0)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	1/4 (25)	21/31 (67.7)
		bauB, bauC, bauD, bauE, bauF	17/17 (100)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	4/4 (100)	31/31 (100)
Regulation
Quorum sensing	abaI, abaR		17/17 (100)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	4/4 (100)	31/31 (100)
Two-component system	bfmR, bfmS		17/17 (100)	7/7 (100)	2/2 (100)	1/1 (100)	4/4 (100)	31/31 (100s)