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. 2018 Apr 16;6(4):1077–1084. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.650

Table 4.

Virulence genes detected by 16‐plex PCR of Escherichia coli strains isolated in grilled/flamed chicken meat

DEC pathovars Virulence genes Grilled chicken (n = 20) Flamed chicken (n = 7) Fumed chicken (n = 1)
STEC (n = 1) Stx2A +
EAEC (n = 2) asta, aggR +
EIEC (n = 1) invE +
ETEC (n = 2) STIa +
Total n = 6 (%) 4 (20) 2 (28.57) 0

DEC, Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli; n, number; %, percent; +, presence; –, absence.