Open Access<p>Distribution of Genes Encoding Virulence Factors and the Genetic Diversity of Enteroinvasive <em>Escherichia coli</em> (EIEC) Isolates from Patients with Diarrhea in Ahvaz, Iran</p>
Author(s) -
Ahmad Farajzadeh Sheikh,
Mohammad Savari,
Khadijeh Ahmadi,
Hossein Hosseini-Nave,
Mojtaba Shahin,
Maryam Afzali
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s235009
Subject(s) - multiple loci vntr analysis , virulence , bacillary dysentery , typing , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , diarrhea , polymerase chain reaction , tandem repeat , virology , gene , variable number tandem repeat , genotype , genetics , dysentery , medicine , genome
Entero-invasive E. coli (EIEC) is one of the causes of bacillary dysentery in adults and children. The ability of EIEC to invade and colonize the surface of epithelial cells is influenced by many virulence factors. This study aimed to investigate the distribution of virulence factor genes in EIEC strains isolated from patients with diarrhea in Ahvaz, Iran, as well as the genetic diversity between these isolates by Multilocus variable-number tandem repeat analysis (MLVA).