Abstract
In this study, we compared the microbiological, genotypic, and antibiotic resistance characteristics of uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) strains in patients with pyelonephritis in Korea according to sex based on data corresponding to the February 2015 to June 2018 period. Based on Escherichia coli phylogenetic group analysis, gene virulence detection, and subgroup analyses by sex, we observed that the antibiotic resistance percentages and proportions corresponding to extended-spectrum beta-lactamase producing UPEC were higher in males than in females. In addition, phylogenetic group B2 showed predominance in both the male and female groups, which further showed similar adhesion molecule distributions. Toxin-associated factors, hlyA and cnf1, were more common in males. In clinical presentations, urinary predisposing factors, complicated urinary tract infections (UTIs), concomitant bacteremia, and persistent fever were also more common with males. Although females and males showed UPEC genotypic differences, there were no differences between them with respect to poor outcomes. Persistent fever was associated with community-acquired infection and bacteremic UTI and relapsed UTI within 3 months was associated with urinary tract stone. In future, it will be necessary to conduct multicenter studies, involving more cases on UPEC to validate our results.
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