Transmission of Uropathogens between Sex Partners

作者：Betsy Foxman, Lixin Zhang, Patricia Tallman, Bonnie C. Andree, Ann M. Geiger, James S. Koopman, Brenda W. Gillespie, Karen Palin, Jack D. Sobel, Christopher K. Rode, Craig A. Bloch, Carl F. Marrs · 发表于：The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 年份：1997 · DOI：10.1086/514007 · 被引用次数：85 · 研究领域：Escherichia coli research studies、Urinary Tract Infections Management、Gut microbiota and health

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.