O-serotype Distribution of Escherichia Coli Causing Invasive Disease in Tertiary Care Hospital Patients

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-2023

Publication Title

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Abstract

Background. Escherichia coli is a common Gram-negative bacterium that can infect normally sterile body sites and cause invasive E. coli disease (IED) including bacteremia, sepsis and septic shock. E. coli surface O-antigens are important virulence factors that contribute to pathogenicity, making them promising targets for the development of multivalent conjugate vaccines to protect against IED. Here, we describe the prevalence of O-serotypes and O-genotypes of clinical E. coli isolates across a multinational cohort of patients with IED. Methods. This was a retrospective, multicenter, noninterventional study across 17 tertiary care hospitals in Europe, North America and Asia. Patients with an IED diagnosis in the 12 months prior to data collection were included. IED was defined as E. coli presence in cultures from any normally sterile body site or urine in patients exhibiting clinical criteria of invasive disease (i.e., systemic inflammatory response syndrome [SIRS], sepsis, or septic shock) and no other identifiable site of infection. O-serotyping (agglutination) and O-genotyping (whole genome sequencing [WGS]) were conducted. Subgroup analyses were performed in isolates from patients with bacteremic vs nonbacteremic IED and in patients ≥60 years old. Results. 902 patients with IED were identified (median age at initial IED diagnosis, 71.0 years; 51.6% male). The most common O-serotypes (prevalence ≥5%) based on O-genotyping were O25 (17.3% [95% CI, 14.82–20.06%]), O2 (11.7% [95% CI, 9.61–14.08%]), O6 (9.3% [95% CI, 7.44–11.49%]), O1 (6.3% [95% CI, 4.78–8.20%]), O15 (5.3% [95% CI, 3.85– 6.99%]) and O75 (5.0% [95% CI, 3.64–6.72%]) (Table 1). Collectively, these 6 most prevalent serotypes accounted for 55.0% of total isolates. A similar pattern of O-serotypes was observed in the subgroup of patients ≥60 years old (Table 2), with serotypes O25, O2 and O6 most common in both bacteremic and nonbacteremic IED isolates. Conclusion. The most predominant O-serotype among IED isolates from hospitalized patients with IED was O25, followed by O2, O6, O1, O15 and O75. Such epidemiological data could inform the development of an effective prophylactic vaccine against IED.

Volume

10

Issue

Suppl 2

First Page

ofad500.2083

Comments

IDWeek Conference, October 11-15, 2023, Boston, MA

DOI

10.1093/ofid/ofad500.2083

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