Foxman B, Zhang L, Tallman P, Andree B C, Geiger A M, Koopman J S, Gillespie B W, Palin K A, Sobel J D, Rode C K, Bloch C A, Marrs C F
Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor 48109, USA.
J Infect Dis. 1997 Apr;175(4):989-92. doi: 10.1086/514007.
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.
流行病学证据及多例病例报告表明，引起尿路感染（UTI）的大肠杆菌可能在性伴侣之间传播。为验证这一假说，对19名患有尿路感染的女性的尿液、阴道及粪便中的大肠杆菌分离株，与从她们最近的男性性伴侣首次随机排尿样本中分离出的大肠杆菌进行了比较。在19名男性性伴侣中，有4人分离出了大肠杆菌。在每一例中，从男性身上分离出的大肠杆菌，经脉冲场凝胶电泳和细菌毒力谱分析，与来自其性伴侣尿液中的大肠杆菌相同。
