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Table 5 Serotypes and intimin subtypes of EPEC isolated from children with diarrhoea and control children in Kuwait

From: Diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli are not a significant cause of diarrhoea in hospitalised children in Kuwait

Strain number

Serotype

Intimin subtype

Strain number

Serotype

Intimin subtype

23

O121:H19

Int-ε

222

O111ac:HNT

Int-ν

24

O118: H8

Int-θ

224

OE8686–77:H21

Int-β

49

O129:H19

Int-ε

   

87

ONT: HNTa

Int-ξ

229

O111ac:H-

Int-β

89

O113:H19

Int-ν

231

ONT:HNT

Int-θ

121

ONT: H2

Int-ε

246

O26:H-

Int-β

127

O55:H- b

Int-θ

251

O26:H-

Int-θ

130

O157:H-

Int-κ

252

O26:H-

Int-β

151

O123:HNT

Int-ε

257

O85:H31

Int-ζ

153

ONT: H-

Int-θ

319

O98:H-

Int-ζ

159

O145:HNT

Int-α1

341

O85:H31

Int-ζ

174

O85:H-

Int-ζ

C34d

ONT:HNT

Int-θ

197

O80:H-

NTc

C90d

ONT:H7

Int-β

213

O118:H11

Int-β

C87d

O26:H-

Int-β

  1. a OHT:HNT = O & H antigens non-typeable
  2. bSerotypes in bold-face are traditional EPEC serotypes
  3. cNT = Intimin non-typeable
  4. dIsolates from control children; all other isolates were from children with diarrhoea