Title of article
Genotypic Study of Two Virulence Factors fimH and kpsMTII in Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates from Children Patients with Urinary Tract Infections
Author/Authors
abed, zahraa a. baghdad university - college of science for women, Iraq , habib, khalid a. baghdad university - college of science for women, Iraq , abass, zaid n. al-nahrain university - college of applied biotechnology, Iraq
From page
1475
To page
1480
Abstract
Adhesion (type 1 fimbriae) and host defense avoidance mechanisms (capsule or lipopolysaccharide) have been shown to be prevalent in Escherichia coli isolates associated with urinary tract infections. In this work, 50 uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) isolated from children with urinary tract infections were genotypically characterized by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. We used two genes; fimH and kpsMTII, both of them previously identified in uropathogenic E.coli (UPEC) isolates. The PCR assay results identified fimH (90.0)% and kpsMTII (27.0)% isolates. In the present study, was also demonstrated that these genes may be included in both or one of them within a single isolate
Keywords
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) , Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) , Virulence factor (VF).
Journal title
Baghdad Science Journal
Journal title
Baghdad Science Journal
Record number
2691575
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