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Comparison of O-serogroups, Virulence Factors and Phylogenetic Groups of Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infections between 2 Time Periods of 1989 and 2010-2014 at Gangwon Province in Korea

  • Park, Min (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Masan University) ;
  • Kim, Seong-Mi (Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Masan University)
  • Received : 2022.06.17
  • Accepted : 2022.06.30
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) is main causative agent of urinary tract infections. They are classified based on various types of O antigen. UPEC strains commonly possess many genes encoding virulece-associated factors. E. coli strains are generally divided into four main phylogenetic groups. The virulence factor (VF) profiles of UPEC are related with their O-serogroups in each strains. A total of 681 strains of UPEC clinical isolates were collected from Korean healthcare facility (1989: 123 strains and 2010-2014: 558 strains). The UPEC clinical isolates were analyzed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods. A total of 14 O-serotypes (O1, O2, O4, O6, O7, O8, O15, O16, O18, O21, O22, O25, O75 and O83), 6 virulence factors (papC, fimG/H, sfaD/E, hly1, cnf1 and usp) and phylogenetic groups were identified. The most prevalent O-serogroups were O6 (11.1%) in 1989 UPEC strains and O25 (21.0%) in 2010-2014 UPEC strains. The identified VFs, phylogenetic groups in 1989 UPEC strains and 2010-2014 UPEC strains were fimG/H and B2 group. In this study, O6 serotype was revealed the close relationships with VFs. Also, the distribution of prevalence O-serogroups of UPEC has been changed from O6 to O25 and virulence of UPEC strains was increased during past twenty-one years.

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This Work was supported by the Masan University research grant in 2021.

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