Evaluation of virulence genes in Proteus strains isolated from diabetic foot infections and urinary tract infections
We demonstrated that P. mirabilis and P. vulgaris express a variety of virulence genes related to pathogenicity. All virulence genes were found to be more frequent in UTI isolates except zapA. There is limited data on the virulence factors of Proteus species in DFIs. Further studies are needed to investigate virulence genes in wound isolates.
Authors
- Bülent Bozdoğan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2469-9728)
- Bülent Ertuğrul (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6372-6680)
- Tuğrul Hoşbul
- Ruth M Phiri
Institutions
- Gülhane Askerî Tıp Akademisi (TR)
- Recombinant Technologies (United States) (US)
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi (TR)
- Adnan Menderes University (TR)
- University of Health Sciences Antigua (AG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries
- Published
- 2024-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3855/jidc.18928
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.00