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Table 4 Comparison of prevalence of virulence factor-encoding genes and severity of bacteremia

From: The prevalence of the iutA and ibeA genes in Escherichia coli isolates from severe and non-severe patients with bacteremic acute biliary tract infection is significantly different

  Total Non-severe group (Pitt < 2) Severe group (Pitt ≥ 2) P value
Adhesion     
papC 21 15 6 0.296
papG2 10 8 2 0.297
sfaD/E 8 4 4 0.703
fimH 69 42 27 1
afaB/C 2 1 1 1
iha 23 16 7 0.438
Toxin     
usp 56 35 21 0.773
cnf1 9 5 4 0.728
hlyA 9 5 4 0.728
sat 22 16 6 0.202
Iron uptake     
fyuA 52 35 17 0.108
iroN 16 10 6 1
iucD 24 18 6 0.124
iutA 47 34 13 0.011*
Capsule     
kpsMT2 51 33 18 0.427
Miscellaneous     
ibeA 14 4 10 0.012*
traT 49 33 16 0.128
cvaC 6 6 0 0.753
ompT 6 6 0 0.075
TcpC 12 9 3 0.346
  1. *With statistical significance