Uropathogenic Escherichia coli Correlation between virulence factors and serotypes

Pooja Tomar, Department of Microbiology, Sri Venkateshwara University, Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, India,, K. P. Ranjan, Neelima Ranjan, Savita B. Jain, Himanshi Bansal, Department of Microbiology, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, Department of Microbiology, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, Department of Microbiology, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India, Department of Microbiology, Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
2018 Asian Pacific Journal of Health Sciences  
This prospective study was carried out in the department of microbiology of the institute for the duration of 2 years. A total of 200 E. coli isolates were recovered from urine samples of patients with clinically suspected UTIs of all age groups belonging to the departments of urology, nephrology, medicine, pediatrics, etc. Urine samples were inoculated on blood and MacConkey agar by standard loop method and a colony count of >10 5 CFU/ml was taken to be significant bacteriuria. Isolates were
more » ... entified as E. coli by standard biochemical tests. [4, 5] Standard UPEC serotypes O4 and O6 and E. coli ATCC 25922 were used as controls for detection of the virulence markers.
doi:10.21276/apjhs.2018.5.2.1 fatcat:f7it7s34p5fp7ehohw4btm3nme