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Detection of cnf1 and cnf2 Genes in Clinical Isolates of E.coli

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Background: CNF are single-chain proteins that are created by some uropathogenic Escherichia coli.There are three types of CNFs detected in E.coli, but CNF1 represent more frequently. Objective: The purposes of this study were to determine the prevalence of cnf1 and cnf2 genes in  E. coli isolates by using specific primers. Materials and Methods: The sensitivity test was evaluated by using different types of antibiotics in the current study, and the cnf1 and cnf2 genes were detected by PCR in all bacterial isolates. Results: The antibiotics sensitivity test show variable degrees of sensitivity and resistance. The high percentage of sensitivity was achieved against amikacin at a percentage of 86% and ciprofloxacin, ceftazidime, gentamicin, and tobramycin at a percentage of 80%, whereas trimethoprim and aztreonam at 64%and 60% respectively. In this study, most isolates were resistant to Amoxicillin (92%);  while showing different degrees of resistance against other types of antibiotics ranging from Tetracycline (62%) to amikacin 4%.  The frequency of MDR bacteria was about 64 % (32 isolates), 30 from urine, and 2 others from stool. The results revealed that the cnf1 gene was found in Five bacterial isolates (10%), whereas the other 45 (90%) isolates don't have this gene, while cnf2 wasn't found in any one of the bacterial isolates. Conclusion: E.coli was recorded as multidrug resistance (MDR) and the cnf1 gene was found only in uropathogenic isolates.  

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10.21608/ejhm.2022.277598

Keywords

Cytotoxic necrotizing factor (CNF), E. coli, antibiotics, genotoxins

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zainab

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khalaf

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zamel

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Department of biology/College of science/University of Baghdad

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zainab.alnaji@sc.uobaghdad.edu.iq

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Baghdad

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May Talib

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Flayyih

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89

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2

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37472

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2022-10-01

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2022-12-31

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2022-10-01

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8,088

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8,094

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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https://ejhm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Detection of cnf1 and cnf2 Genes in Clinical Isolates of E.coli

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22 Jan 2023