Prevalence of the set-1B and astA genes encoding enterotoxins in uropathogenic Escherichia coli clinical isolates |
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| Authors: | S.M. Soto E. GuiralJ. Bosch J. Vila |
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| Affiliation: | Microbiology Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Villarroel 170, 08036 Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | One hundred seventy human uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) clinical isolates were compared with 35 E. coli strains isolated from feces of a control group to determine the presence of the set1, sen and astA genes encoding the ShET-1, ShET-2, and EAST toxins, respectively. Overall, 27 (16%), 8 (8%) and 0 UPEC isolates presented the set1B, the astA, and the sen genes, respectively. This is the first time the set gene has been found in UPEC clinical isolates. |
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| Keywords: | Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Enterotoxins Pathogenicity island |
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