Occurrence of genes encoding enterotoxins in uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolates

AUTOR(ES)

Mirzarazi, Mahsa, Rezatofighi, Seyedeh Elham, Pourmahdi, Mahdi, Mohajeri, Mohamad Reza

FONTE

Braz. J. Microbiol.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2015-03

RESUMO

To determine the presence of some toxins of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) in uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC), 138 urinary tract infection (UTI)-causing UPECs were analyzed. The astA, set, sen and cdtB genes were detected in 13 (9.4%), 2 (1.3%), 13 (9.4%) and 0 (0%) of UPEC isolates respectively. The results show that some genes encoding toxins can be transferred from DEC pathotypes to UPECs therefore these isolates can transform into potential diarrhea-causing agents.

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