scholarly journals Characterization of plasmid-borne afa-3 gene clusters encoding afimbrial adhesins expressed by Escherichia coli strains associated with intestinal or urinary tract infections.

1993 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 5106-5114 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Le Bouguenec ◽  
M I Garcia ◽  
V Ouin ◽  
J M Desperrier ◽  
P Gounon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Gene Clusters ◽  
Tract Infections

Molecular characterization of Escherichia coli isolates from patients with urinary tract infections in Palestine

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kamel Adwan ◽  
Naser Jarrar ◽  
Awni Abu-Hijleh ◽  
Ghaleb Adwan ◽  
Elena Awwad
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Enterobacterial Repetitive Intergenic Consensus ◽  
The West ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Amoxicillin Clavulanic Acid ◽  
Tract Infections ◽  
Resistance Rates

Antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli isolated from urinary tract infections (UTIs) is increasing worldwide. A total of 41 E. coli isolates were obtained from urine samples from hospitalized patients with a UTI in three hospitals in the northern districts of the West Bank, Palestine during March and June 2011. Resistance rates were: erythromycin (95 %), trimethoprim–sulfamethoxazole (59 %), ciprofloxacin (56 %), gentamicin (27 %), imipenem (22 %), amoxicillin (93 %), amoxicillin–clavulanic acid (32 %), ceftazidime (66 %) and cefotaxime (71 %). No meropenem-resistant isolates were identified in this study. Among the isolates, phylogenetic group B2 was observed in 13 isolates, D in 12 isolates, A in 11 isolates and B1 in five isolates. Thirty-five of the isolates were positive for an extended-spectrum β-lactamase phenotype. Among these isolates, the bla CTX-M gene was detected in 25, and eight harboured the bla TEM gene. None of the isolates contained the bla SHV gene. Transformation experiments indicated that some of the β-lactamase genes (i.e. bla CTX-M and bla TEM) with co-resistance to erythromycin and gentamicin were plasmid encoded and transmissible. Apart from this, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus-PCR (ERIC-PCR) revealed that the 41 isolates were genetically diverse and comprised a heterogeneous population with 11 ERIC-PCR profiles at a 60 % similarity level.

scholarly journals Characterization of extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from captive wild felids with bacteremia

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 1014-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vania M. Carvalho ◽  
Lika Osugui ◽  
Ariela P. Setzer ◽  
Rodrigo P. G. Lopez ◽  
Antonio F. Pestana de Castro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Urinary Tract ◽  
Urinary Tract Infections ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Panthera Pardus ◽  
Domestic Cats ◽  
Pathogenic Escherichia Coli ◽  
Wild Felids ◽  
Tract Infections

Diseases caused by extraintestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli (ExPEC) in wild felids are rarely reported. Although urinary tract infections are infrequently reported in domestic cats, such infections when present are commonly caused by ExPEC. The present work characterized ExPEC strains isolated from 2 adult felines, a snow leopard ( Panthera uncia) and a black leopard ( Panthera pardus melas), that died from secondary bacteremia associated with urinary tract infections. Isolates from both animals were classified into the B2 phylogenetic group and expressed virulence genotypes that allowed them to cause severe disease. In addition, strains from the black leopard showed multidrug resistance.

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