TY - JOUR
T1 - Relationship between Escherichia coli strains causing urinary tract infection in women and the dominant faecal flora of the same hosts
AU - Moreno, E.
AU - Andreu, A.
AU - Pérez, T.
AU - Sabaté, M.
AU - Johnson, J. R.
AU - Prats, G.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - To clarify whether prevalence or special pathogenicity is more important in determining urinary tract infection (UTI) causation, we compared the biotype, phylogenetic group, and virulence genes of Escherichia coli urine strains from 11 women with acute lower UTI with those of the host's dominant intestinal E. coli strain(s). Twenty-one unique E. coli clones were identified. For three women, the single faecal clone identified was also the host's urine clone, whereas for eight women faecal samples yielded 1 or 2 distinct non-urine clones (total, n=10), either with (n=3) or without (n=5) the concurrent urine clone. The eight urine clones from the latter eight women exhibited significantly greater inferred virulence, according to virulence gene content and phylogenetic background, than did the hosts' 10 corresponding 'faecal only' clones. In contrast, the three urine clones that were detected as the host's sole faecal clone exhibited significantly lower inferred virulence than the other eight urine clones, and were statistically indistinguishable from the 10 'faecal only' clones. In conclusion, special pathogenicity is an important determinant of UTI pathogenesis in women, although prevalence may occasionally allow less virulent strains to cause UTI.
AB - To clarify whether prevalence or special pathogenicity is more important in determining urinary tract infection (UTI) causation, we compared the biotype, phylogenetic group, and virulence genes of Escherichia coli urine strains from 11 women with acute lower UTI with those of the host's dominant intestinal E. coli strain(s). Twenty-one unique E. coli clones were identified. For three women, the single faecal clone identified was also the host's urine clone, whereas for eight women faecal samples yielded 1 or 2 distinct non-urine clones (total, n=10), either with (n=3) or without (n=5) the concurrent urine clone. The eight urine clones from the latter eight women exhibited significantly greater inferred virulence, according to virulence gene content and phylogenetic background, than did the hosts' 10 corresponding 'faecal only' clones. In contrast, the three urine clones that were detected as the host's sole faecal clone exhibited significantly lower inferred virulence than the other eight urine clones, and were statistically indistinguishable from the 10 'faecal only' clones. In conclusion, special pathogenicity is an important determinant of UTI pathogenesis in women, although prevalence may occasionally allow less virulent strains to cause UTI.
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U2 - 10.1017/S0950268806005917
DO - 10.1017/S0950268806005917
M3 - Article
C2 - 16438745
AN - SCOPUS:33748373201
SN - 0950-2688
VL - 134
SP - 1015
EP - 1023
JO - Epidemiology and infection
JF - Epidemiology and infection
IS - 5
ER -