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Identification of Escherichia coli genes associated with urinary tract infections.


ABSTRACT: Escherichia coli is the most common cause of urinary tract infections (UTIs). E. coli genes epidemiologically associated with UTIs are potentially valuable in developing strategies for treating and/or preventing such infections as well as differentiating uropathogenic E. coli from nonuropathogenic E. coli. To identify E. coli genes associated with UTIs in humans, we combined microarray-based and PCR-based analyses to investigate different E. coli source groups derived from feces of healthy humans and from patients with cystitis, pyelonephritis, or urosepsis. The cjrABC-senB gene cluster, sivH, sisA, sisB, eco274, and fbpB, were identified to be associated with UTIs. Of these, cjrABC-senB, sisA, sisB, and fbpB are known to be involved in urovirulence in the mouse model of ascending UTI. Our results provide evidence to support their roles as urovirulence factors in human UTIs. In addition, the newly identified UTI-associated genes were mainly found in members of phylogenetic groups B2 and/or D.

SUBMITTER: Mao BH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3264149 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of Escherichia coli genes associated with urinary tract infections.

Mao Bin-Hsu BH   Chang Yung-Fu YF   Scaria Joy J   Chang Chih-Ching CC   Chou Li-Wei LW   Tien Ni N   Wu Jiunn-Jong JJ   Tseng Chin-Chung CC   Wang Ming-Cheng MC   Chang Chao-Chin CC   Hsu Yuan-Man YM   Teng Ching-Hao CH  

Journal of clinical microbiology 20111109 2


Escherichia coli is the most common cause of urinary tract infections (UTIs). E. coli genes epidemiologically associated with UTIs are potentially valuable in developing strategies for treating and/or preventing such infections as well as differentiating uropathogenic E. coli from nonuropathogenic E. coli. To identify E. coli genes associated with UTIs in humans, we combined microarray-based and PCR-based analyses to investigate different E. coli source groups derived from feces of healthy human  ...[more]

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