Characterizing the pathotype of neonatal meningitis causing Escherichia coli (NMEC)

BMC Microbiology

Table 3 Occurrence (%) of virulence genes between neonatal meningitis E. coli (NMEC) and fecal E. coli (HFEC)

Gene	NMEC	HFEC	Chi Square value	p value
afa	9.43	0.00	7.446	0.0064
aslA	88.68	45.83	41.814	<0.0001
aufA	62.26	20.83	32.952	<0.0001
cnf	27.45	4.17	20.19	<0.0001
fimH	92.45	100.00	6.380	0.0115
hly	30.19	0.00	32.980	<0.0001
hlyD	35.85	0.00	45.995	<0.0001
ibeA	35.85	20.83	6.881	0.0087
ibeB	100.00	91.67	6.380	0.0115
iss	25.49	4.17	16.132	<0.0001
iucC	74.51	2.08	109.471	<0.0001
iutA	30.19	0.00	32.980	<0.0001
K1	75.47	0.00	116.821	<0.0001
kpsII	90.57	27.08	82.038	<0.0001
neuC	71.70	18.75	54.522	<0.0001
nlp1	100.00	97.92	0.505	0.4773
ompA	66.04	60.41	0.536	0.464
papC	3.77	0.00	2.296	0.129
papGII	31.37	2.08	25.833	<0.0001
papGIII	21.57	0.00	22.523	<0.0001
sat	49.02	0.00	62.279	<0.0001
sfa/foc	49.06	0.00	62.279	<0.0001
sitA	92.45	25.00	89.713	<0.0001
traJ	43.40	10.41	26.287	<0.0001
vat	76.47	18.75	32.829	<0.0001

p <0.05 reflects a statistical significance. Virulence genes that were more prevalent in NMEC compared to HFEC are marked in bold

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