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.