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Entertoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)
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-produces one or both enterotoxins
-responsible for diarrhea -distinguished by their heat stability |
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Enteroinvasive E. coli
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-multiplies within intestinal epithelial cells
-may produce cytotoxin and enterotoxin |
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Enteropathogenic E. coli
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-causes effacing lesions
-caused by destruction of brush border microvilli on intestinal epithelial cells |
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Enterohemmorhagic E. coli
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-most pathogenic E. coli
-produces effacing lesions, leading to hemmorhagic colitis -releases shiga-like toxins -implicated in hemolytic uremic syndrome |
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Enteroaggregative E. coli
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-forms clumps adhering to epithelial cells
-toxins have not been identified |
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Diffusely adhering E. coli
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-particular problem in immunologically naive or malnourished children
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