Table 3 Prevalence of virulence related genes in various phylogenetic groups of uropathogenic E. coli isolates
Phylogenetic groups | No. of Isolates with Virulence genes | Distribution of virulence genes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | papC | sfaDE | afaBC3 | eaeA | hlyA | cnf1 |
Group B2 | 18/30 (60%) | 10 | 08 | 04 | 05 | 11 | 05 |
Group B1 | 07/11 (64%) | 02 | 03 | 01 | 01 | 02 | 03 |
Group A | 05/11 (45%) | 0 | 0 | 01 | 02 | 04 | 01 |
Group D | 07/07 (100%) | 02 | 05 | 02 | 03 05 03 | Â | Â |
Total | 37/59 (63%) | 14 | 16 | 08 | 11 | 22 | 12 |