Table 2 Frequency of putative virulence-associated determinants of atypical EPEC strains in study subjects with different clinical presentations.
From: Characterisation of atypical enteropathogenic E. coli strains of clinical origin
| Â | No. of strains positive for:a | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clinical presentation | BfpA | BfpB | Cdt | Efa1 | LpfO113 | NleB1 |
All diarrhoea (n = 57) | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 18 |
No diarrhoea (n = 10) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Acute diarrhoea (n = 12) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
Persistent diarrhoea (n = 11) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |