title: Colonization with Escherichia coli Strains among Female Sex Partners of Men with Febrile Urinary Tract Infection.
abstract: Of 23 unique Escherichia coli strains from 10 men with febrile urinary tract infections (UTIs) and their female sex partners, 6 strains (all UTI causing) were shared between partners. Molecularly, the 6 shared strains appeared more virulent than the 17 nonshared strains, being associated with phylogenetic group B2, sequence types ST73 and ST127, and multiple specific virulence genes. This indicates that UTIs are sometimes sexually transmitted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Region Västra Götaland, Sweden Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden ullerydk@who.int.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ulleryd
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sandberg
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Escherichia and Klebsiella, Statens Serum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: Flemming
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Scheutz
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Clabots
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Brian D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Thuras
authors.affiliation: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: James R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012747:Sexual Partners; D015231:Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission
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