Escherichia coli enteritis classification

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Serge Korjian M.D., Yazan Daaboul, M.D.

Classification

E. coli enteritis may be classified according to the E. coli strain pathogenesis into the following:

• Enteropathogenic
• Enterotoxicogenic
• Enteroinvasive

The following table shows the distinguishing features between the strains and pathophysiological mechanisms of of E. coli: