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ArticleFolia microbiologica2018

Virulence-associated genes and antibiotic susceptibility among vaginal and rectal Escherichia coli isolates from healthy pregnant women in Poland.

Agnieszka Kaczmarek, Krzysztof Skowron, Anna Budzyńska, Eugenia Gospodarek-Komkowska

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Article in Folia microbiologica, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Agnieszka KaczmarekDepartment of Microbiology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 9 M. Skłodowskiej-Curie Street, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland. aga_kaczmarek@poczta.onet.pl.
Krzysztof SkowronDepartment of Microbiology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 9 M. Skłodowskiej-Curie Street, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Anna BudzyńskaDepartment of Microbiology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 9 M. Skłodowskiej-Curie Street, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Eugenia Gospodarek-KomkowskaDepartment of Microbiology, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 9 M. Skłodowskiej-Curie Street, 85-094, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz · PLNicolaus Copernicus University · PL

Funding

Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu UPB 839
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vaginal and/or rectal Escherichia coli colonization of pregnant women is sometimes associated with neonatal infections. Despite the relevance of these strains, they have been rarely described before. Thus, the aim of this study was to compare vaginal (VEC) and rectal E. coli (REC) isolates in respect of antimicrobial susceptibility and the frequency of virulence-associated genes (VAGs). The antimicrobial susceptibility of 50 VEC and 50 REC isolates was performed by using the disc diffusion method, and VAGs were detected by PCR. There were no significant differences in the antimicrobial resistance between VEC and REC. Both VEC and REC isolates were mostly resistant to ticarcillin (36 and 30%) and ampicillin (36 and 22%). None of the tested isolates was positive for ESBL. Gene's fimH, fimA, sfa/foc, iutA, ibeA, hlyF, and neuC were detected, respectively, in 98, 92, 32, 28, 12, 8, and 2% of VEC and in 94, 72, 12, 34, 8, 10, and 8% of REC isolates. The co-occurrence of fimA/H and sfa/foc genes was significantly more prevalent among VEC isolates, in comparison to REC isolates. The study indicated that VEC and REC isolates are quite similar in terms of antimicrobial non-susceptibility and VAGs.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsDNA, BacterialDrug Resistance, BacterialEscherichia coliEscherichia coli InfectionsFemaleGenes, BacterialHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPolandPregnancyPregnancy Complications, InfectiousRectumVaginaVirulence FactorsAnti-Bacterial AgentsDNA, BacterialVirulence Factors

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PMID29644511
PMCPMC6097025
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