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Comparative prevalence of virulence factors in Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection in male infants with and without bacteremia.

Bonacorsi S, Houdouin V, Mariani-Kurkdjian P, Mahjoub-Messai F, Bingen E

Laboratoire d'études de génétique bactérienne dans les infections de l'enfant, Université Denis Diderot-Paris 7, Service de Microbiologie, Hôpital Robert Debré (AP-HP), Paris, France.

Escherichia coli isolates causing urinary tract infection in 83 male infants younger than 90 days with and without bacteremia were compared for phylogenetic groups and the presence of 10 virulence factors. Our result suggest that the absence of both hemolysin and antigen K1 may be used as a negative predictive factor for bacteremia.

Published 6 March 2006 in J Clin Microbiol, 44(3): 1156-8.
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