The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 1997 · 85 citations · 12 references
Veterinary MedicineInfectious DiseasesMicrobiologyDiagnostic MicrobiologyInfection PreventionMedical MicrobiologyBacterial EpidemiologyBacterial InfectionsReproductive Tract InfectionsSexually Transmitted Infection EpidemiologySexually Transmitted InfectionsUrinary Tract InfectionsBacterial Virulence GenesEscherichia ColiGel ElectrophoresisSexual Transmission DynamicsSexually Transmitted Bacterial InfectionsUrogenital InfectionsUropathogenic Escherichia ColiVirulence Variation
Epidemiologic evidence and several case reports suggest that Escherichia coli causing urinary tract infection (UTI) may be transmitted between sex partners. In order to test this hypothesis, urinary, vaginal, and fecal E. coli isolates from 19 women with UTI were compared with E. coli found in random initial voids from their most recent male sex partner. E. coli was isolated from 4 of 19 male sex partners. In each case, the E. coli isolated from the man was identical by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and bacterial virulence profile to the urinary E. coli from his sex partner.
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