Abstract
Classically, pathogenic strains of Escherichia coli were thought to cause intestinal infections (II) or extraintestinal infections (IEI). However, several recent reports have demonstrated the occurrence of E. coli strains causing II and IEI in the same patient. Typical enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), one of the intestinal pathogenic E. coli pathotypes, is characterized by harboring a v…