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The Escherichia coli Strains from Asymptomatic Women of Urinary Tract Infections
Flores-Encarnacion, M.1*, Romero Serrano D.I.1, Aguilar-Gutierrez G.R.2, Xicohtencatl-Cortes J.3, Xicohtencatl-Palacios R.C.4, Cabrera-Maldonado C.5, Carreno-Lopez R6
2.CISEI, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica. Cuernavaca, Morelos. Mexico.
3.Hospital Infantil de Mexico Federico Gomez, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico.
4.Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia. Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla. Puebla, Puebla. Mexico.
5.Depto. De Microbiologia, Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas. Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla. Puebla, Puebla. Mexico.
6Centro de Investigaciones Microbiologicas, ICUAP. Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla. Puebla, Puebla. Mexico.
Citation : Flores-Encarnacion, M, The Escherichia coli Strains from Asymptomatic Women of Urinary Tract Infections International Journal of Research Studies in Biosciences. 2018, 6(8) : 1-6
Urinary tract infections are a common public health problem around the world. The most common infectious agents producing urinary tract infections are uropathogenic Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Staphylococcus saprophyticus, Enterococcus faecalis, group B Streptococcus, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus and Candida spp. On the other hand, an asymptomatic bacteriuria is defined as the presence of significant bacteriuria without the symptoms of an acute urinary tract infection. In recent years, asymptomatic bacteriuria has been controversial for the administration or not of antibiotics. Apparently, the asymptomatic bacteriuria does not cause renal disease or damage. Little is known about phenotypic characteristics of uropathogenic E. coli strains from asymptomatic bacteriuria. The objective of this study was to determine some phenotypic characteristics of uropathogenic E. coli strains from asymptomatic patients with urinary tract infection.