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

Table 5 Comparison of E. faecalis isolates in urine and stool samples of patients with endogenous UTI based on antibiotic resistance patterns, virulence determinants, and Pulse types

Antibiotic resistance patterns		Virulence determinant patterns		Pulsotype	No. of patients
Urine	Feces	Urine	Feces	Pulsotype	No. of patients
TET/MN	TET/MN	esp⁺, efbA⁺, asa⁺, ace⁺, cyl⁺, gelE⁺	esp⁺, efbA⁺, asa⁺, ace⁺, cyl⁺, gelE⁺	Identical	6
TET/MN/GM(120)/CP/GAT/LEV	TET/MN/GM(120)CP/GAT/LEV	esp⁺, efbA⁺, asa⁺, ace⁺, cyl⁺, gelE⁺	esp⁺, efbA⁺, asa⁺, ace⁺, cyl⁺, gelE⁺	Identical	1
TET/MN/GM(120)/CP/GAT/LEV	TET/MN/GM(120)/CP/GAT/LEV	efbA⁺ ,asa⁺, ace⁺, gelE⁺	efbA⁺, asa⁺,ace⁺, gelE⁺	Identical	1
Sensitive to all antibiotics	Sensitive to all antibiotics	efbA⁺, asa⁺, ace⁺, gelE⁺	efbA⁺, asa⁺, ace⁺, gelE⁺	Identical	1
TET	TET	esp⁺, efbA⁺, ace⁺, gelE⁺	esp⁺, efbA⁺, asa⁺, ace⁺, gelE⁺	Identical	1

+ , gene present
No. of patients: Number of patients; TET, tetracycline; MIN, minocycline; GM120, gentamicin 120 µg; CP, ciprofloxacin; LEV, levofloxacin; GAT, gatifloxacin; esp, Enterococcal surface protein; asa1, Aggregation substance; ace, Adhesion of collagen of enterococci; cyl, Cytolysin; gelE, Gelatinase; efbA, Pav A-like fibronectin-binding protein

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