title: Prevalence of the set-1B and astA genes encoding enterotoxins in uropathogenic Escherichia coli clinical isolates.
abstract: One hundred seventy human uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) clinical isolates were compared with 35 E. coli strains isolated from feces of a control group to determine the presence of the set1, sen and astA genes encoding the ShET-1, ShET-2, and EAST toxins, respectively. Overall, 27 (16%), 8 (8%) and 0 UPEC isolates presented the set1B, the astA, and the sen genes, respectively. This is the first time the set gene has been found in UPEC clinical isolates.
authors.affiliation: Microbiology Department, Hospital Clinic, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, Spain. sarasotog@yahoo.es
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guiral
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bosch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vila
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D022603:Shiga Toxins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D056689:Uropathogenic Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D004768:Enterotoxins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D022603:Shiga Toxins; C034151:heat stable toxin (E coli); C096906:senA protein, E coli