Virulence factors of Escherichia

Virulence factors of Escherichia

ETEC
Characteristics:
Distinguished from other E. coli pathotypes their by production of enterotoxins LT (heat-labile enterotoxin) and ST (heat-stable enterotoxin). ETEC strains might express only an LT, only an ST, or both LTs and STs
Pruducing one or more colonization factors (CFs) that mediate attachment to intestinal mucosal surfaces, a central step in ETEC virulence
Figures:

Pathogenic schema of ETEC

Major virulence factors in ETEC:
Adherence
Adhesive fimbriae
Toxin
Heat-labile toxin (LT)
Heat-stable toxin (ST)

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