E. coli: Serotypes other than O157:H7
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Escherichia coli (E. coli) is the predominant nonpathogenic facultative flora of the human intestine [1]. However, several strains of E. coli have developed the ability to cause disease in humans. Strains of E. coli that cause gastroenteritis in humans can be grouped into six categories: enteroaggregative (EAEC), enterohemorrhagic (EHEC), enteroinvasive (EIEC), enteropathogenic (EPEC), enterotoxigenic (ETEC), and diffuse adherent (DAEC). Pathogenic E. coli are serotyped on the basis of their O (somatic), H (flagellar), and K (capsular) surface antigen profiles [1]. Each of the six categories listed above has a different pathogenesis and comprises a different set of O:H serotypes [2].
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