TABLE 6.
Association of F-specific papA alleles with other bacterial traits among 75 E. coli urosepsis isolates
| papA allele (no. of isolates) | Associated trait | No. with papA allele/total (%)
|
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| With trait | Without trait | |||
| F7-2 (13) | kpsMT II probe positive, PCR negative | 12/13 (92) | 1/62 (2) | <0.001 |
| F10 (20) | cnf-1 | 8/12 (75) | 12/63 (19) | 0.001 |
| K5 kpsMT II | 16/25 (64) | 4/50 (18) | <0.001 | |
| traT | 9/50 (18) | 11/25 (44) | 0.03 | |
| F11 (16) | K1 kpsMT II | 12/21 (57) | 4/54 (7) | <0.001 |
| F14 (6) | F10 | 4/20 (25) | 2/55 (4) | 0.04 |
| papG allele III | 3/5 (60) | 3/70 (4) | 0.003 | |
| cnf-1 | 4/12 (33) | 2/63 (3) | 0.005 | |
| K5 kpsMT II | 6/25 (24) | 0/50 (0) | <0.001 | |
| F16 (8) | rfc | 2/3 (67) | 6/72 (8) | 0.03 |
| F48a (4) | F12 | 2/3 (67) | 2/72 (3) | 0.006 |
a
The F48 allele was discovered as part of the present study.