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. 2020 Jun 5;9(6):304. doi: 10.3390/antibiotics9060304

Table 2.

Pathotypes of E. coli strains [20,21,22].

Intestinal/Diarrheagenic E. coli Extraintestinal E. coli
MAJOR PATHOGENIC CATEGORIES
InPEC Pathotypes:
enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)
enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) Shigatoxin producing (STEC)
enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)
enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)
diffusely adherent E. coli (DAEC)
ExPEC Pathotypes:
uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC)
neonatal meningitis E. coli (NMEC)
Factors Inducing Pathogenicity:
immune disorder, immunodeficiency
crossing gastrointestinal barriers (e.g., peritonitis)
evolutionary modification of the bacterial genome