TABLE 3.
Presence of conserved locus of enterocyte effacement genes, on the basis of PCR amplification, in 14 kitten aEPEC isolates
| Virulence gene | No. (%) of isolates |
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|---|---|---|---|
| aEPEC (n = 14) | NC (n = 6) | LI (n = 8) | |
| escN | 10 (71) | 3 (50) | 7 (88) |
| ler | 10 (71) | 3 (50) | 7 (88) |
| espA | 6 (43) | 3 (50) | 3 (38) |
| efa1/lifA | 5 (36) | 1 (17) | 4 (50) |