Table 4.

Prevalence of pathotypes among E. coli isolates from healthy household dogs, their owners and controls

Pathotype	Healthy dogs	Owners	Controls	Total
EPEC	-	1/49 (2.04%)	6/70 (8.5%)	7/168 (4.1%)
EIEC	3/49 (6.1%)	1/49 (2.04%)	-	4/168 (2.3%)
EHEC	1/49 (2.04%)	2/49 (4.08%)	-	3/168 (1.7%)
ETEC	1/49 (2.04%)	-	2/70 (2.8%)	3/168 (1.7%)
STEC	-	-	1/70 (1.4%)	1/168 (0.5%)

STEC, Shiga toxin-producing E. coli; EPEC, enteropathogenic E. coli; EHEC, enterohemorrhagic E. coli; ETEC, enterotoxigenic E. coli; EIEC, enteroinvasive E. coli; NTEC, necrotoxigenic E. coli