Table 1 Bacterial characteristics in relation to molecular typing grouping in patients with recurrent urinary tract infection (total 178 isolates)
Characteristic | Highly related PFGE pattern, first episode (n = 41) n (%) | Different molecular typing pattern, first episode (n = 58) n (%) | Different molecular typing pattern, all episodes (n = 137) n (%) | P-value a | P-value b |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Phylogenetic group | Â | 0.0163 | 0.0003 | ||
A | 0 (0) | 4 (7) | 12 (9) | Â | Â |
B1 | 1 (2) | 9 (16) | 28 (20) | Â | Â |
B2 | 28 (68) | 27 (47) | 59 (43) | Â | Â |
D | 10 (24) | 18 (31) | 38 (28) | Â | Â |
Untypable | 2 (5) | 0 | 0 | Â | Â |
Virulence factor | |||||
neuA | 12 (29) | 9 (16) | 19 (14) | 0.1346 | 0.0332 |
papG I | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- |
papG II | 8 (20) | 12 (21) | 25 (18) | 1.0000 | 0.8223 |
papG III | 5 (12) | 9 (16) | 19 (14) | 0.7732 | 1.0000 |
sfa | 2 (5) | 4 (7) | 7 (5) | 1.0000 | 1.0000 |
foc | 2 (5) | 5 (9) | 8 (6) | 0.6962 | 1.0000 |
cnf1 | 7 (17) | 8 (14) | 15 (11) | 0.7776 | 0.2903 |
aer | 27 (66) | 40 (69) | 86 (63) | 0.8284 | 0.8536 |
usp | 28 (68) | 28 (48) | 60 (44) | 0.0642 | 0.0074 |
iha | 16 (39) | 13 (22) | 36 (26) | 0.1157 | 0.1220 |
ompT | 33 (80) | 42 (72) | 88 (64) | 0.4761 | 0.0575 |
afa | 14 (34) | 30 (52) | 56 (41) | 0.1022 | 0.4716 |
iroN | 11 (27) | 24 (41) | 51 (37) | 0.2001 | 0.2644 |
fimH | 39 (95) | 55 (95) | 126 (92) | 1.0000 | 0.7352 |
hlyA | 11 (27) | 8 (14) | 19 (14) | 0.1248 | 0.0600 |
sat | 15 (37) | 12 (21) | 35 (26) | 0.1089 | 0.1720 |
PFGE: pulsed-field gel electrophoresis a Highly related PFGE pattern, first episode versus different molecular typing pattern, first episode b Highly related PFGE pattern, first episode versus different molecular typing pattern, all episodes | |||||