Research Article

The Distribution of Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factors (CNF-1, CNF-2, CNF-3) and Cytolethal Distending Toxins (CDT-1, CDT-2, CDT-3, CDT-4) in Escherichia coli Isolates Isolated from Extraintestinal Infections and the Determination of their Phylogenetic Relationship by PFGE

Table 3

The distribution of toxin genes in 646 ExPEC isolates.

VFs (%)All isolates (n = 646) n (%)Urinary system n = 522 (80)Nonurinary system
Total n = 124 (20)Wound (n = 54)Blood (n = 28)Sputum (n = 21)Aspirate (n = 6)Sterile body fluid (n = 12)Vagen (n = 3)

cnf178 (12)68 (13)10 (8)3 (5)3 (11)3 (14)1 (16)
cnf212 (2)10 (2)2 (1, 6)1 (2)1 (4)
cnf320 (3)16 (3)4 (2, 3)2 (4)1 (4)1 (5)
cnf1cnf36 (0, 9)5 (1)1 (0,8)1 (4)
Total cnfs116 (18)99 (20)17(13)
cdt120 (3)12 (2)8 (7)2 (8)2 (10)2 (31)2 (16)
cdt24 (0,6)2 (0,3)2 (1, 7)1 (2)1 (4)
cdt34 (0,6)2 (0,3)2 (1, 7)1 (5)
cdt44 (0,6)2 (0,3)2 (1, 7)1 (2)1 (16)
cdt1cdt44 (0,6)1 (0,2)3 (2, 3)2 (4)1 (4)1 (16)
Total cdts36 (4, 5)19 (3, 6)17 (13.7)
cnf1-cdt14 (0,9)3 (0,8)1 (1, 7)1 (2)