Table 3. Virulence gene profiles of pathogenic Escherichia coli collected by the Enteric Pathogens Active Surveillance Network (Enter-Net), 2010–2019

Pathotype No. of isolates (%) according to virulence genes
stx1 stx2 stx1+stx2 eaeA bfpA eaeA+bfpA lt st lt+st ipaH
Enterohemorrhagic 200 123 115
Escherichia coli (EHEC) (45.7) (28.1) (26.3)
Enteropathogenic 3,818 8 95
Escherichia coli (EPEC) (97.4) (0.2) (2.4)
Enterotoxigenic 407 1,081 537
Escherichia coli (EIEC) (20.1) (53.4) (26.5)
Enteroinvasive 101
Escherichia coli (EIEC) (100.0)
Total 438 (100) 3,921 (100) 2,025 (100) 101 (100)
Rearranged by referring to the Table in Yun et al. [39] with public domain.
Stx, Shiga toxins.