Table 1.

Distribution of pathotypes in E. coli faecal isolates

Pathotype	ExPECa	All IPECb	Otherc	IPEC VF onlyd	IPEC/EXPECe
Number	50	115	3	7	108
Percent	29.7%	68.5%	1.8%	4.2%	64.3%

^aNumber of isolates with ExPEC VAGs only

^bNumber of isolates containing an IPEC VAG

^cTwo isolates positive for the ehaG gene only, and one isolate negative for all 33 markers

^dNumber of isolates with IPEC VAGs exclusively

^eNumber of isolates positive for combinations of both IPEC and ExPEC VAGs