Introduction: Uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC), an important causative agent of urinary tract infections (UTIs), carries virulence factors which are clustered on pathogenicity islands (PAIs). The goal of this study was to characterize the PAIs among the UPEC isolated from patients with urinary catheters.
Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was designed and from December 2014 to April 2015, 78 non-duplicate E.