Abstract Background and objectives: The Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacterium is one of the
main causative agents of urinary tract infections (UTI) worldwide. The ability of this bacterium …

Abstract Objective Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common infectious diseases,
and Escherichia coli is the most common pathogen isolated from patients with UTIs. The …

Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains are the major cause of urinary tract infections (UTI) and
belong to the large group of extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli. The purposes of this study …

Materials and Methods: Three hundred isolates of E. coli were isolated from patients with
UTIs that referred to Ghaem and Imam Reza hospitals (Mashhad, Iran) during August 2016 …

Background: Escherichia coli is the most causative agent of urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Apart from all human infectious diseases, UTI have a high prevalence and in most cases …

Background and Aim: Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) are the most common cause
of urinary tract infections. The binding of these bacteria to epithelial cells and the formation …

I, II, III; iha; sfa/focDE; afa/drab; bmaE and nfaE and common UPEC virulence factors (VFs)
namely hlyA; fyuA andkpsMII. Also, quadraplex PCR was applied to determine E …

This study aimed to identify some important virulence factors, including pap, fim, sfa, aer and
hly genes, typical of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) in isolates collected from …

Background: It has been determined that Escherichia coli is the prevailing uropathogen (50-
90%) in both complicated and uncomplicated urinary tract infections. Uropathogenic …

Aim: The aim of this study was to develop combination approach for the treatment of
Escherichia coli-producing extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) isolated from …