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Table 3 Prevalence of combined virulence determinants among E. faecalis isolates in urine and feces specimens of patients with community acquired-UTIs

From: Genetic relatedness of the Enterococcus faecalis isolates in stool and urine samples of patients with community-acquired urinary tract infection

Genotype patterns

Urine samples

N = 63 (%)

Fecal samples

N = 63 (%)

esp+, efbA+, asa+, ace+, cyl+, gelE+

25 (39.6%)

23 (36.5%)

esp+, efbA+, asa+, ace+, cyl+

6 (9.5%)

1 (1.5%)

esp+, efbA+, asa+, ace+, gelE+

9 (14.2%)

7 (11.1%)

esp+, efbA+, ace+, cyl+, gelE+

1 (1.5%)

3 (4.7%)

efbA+, asa+, ace+, cyl+, gelE+

2 (3.1%)

0 (0%)

esp+, efbA+, asa+, cyl+, gelE+

0 (0%)

1 (1.5%)

efbA+, asa+, ace+, gelE+

8 (12.6%)

9 (14.2%)

esp+, efbA+, ace+, gelE+

7 (11.1%)

10 (15.8%)

efbA+, ace+, cyl+, gelE+

1 (1.5%)

1 (1.5%)

efbA+, ace+, gelE+

4 (6.3%)

4 (6.3%)

esp+, efbA+, gelE+

1 (1.5%)

1 (1.5%)

esp+, efbA+, ace+

0 (0%)

1 (1.5%)

ace+, gelE+

0 (0%)

1 (1.5%)

  1.  + , gene present
  2. esp, Enterococcal surface protein; asa1, Aggregation substance; ace, Adhesion of collagen of enterococci; cyl, Cytolysin; gelE, Gelatinase; efbA, Pav A-like fibronectin-binding protein