The diverse virulence potential of atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from diarrhea: the emergence of a hybrid pathotype?

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Despite being in the era of advanced technology, the world still suffers from old infectious diseases, both intestinal and extraintestinal, where Escherichia coli plays a major role as the etiological agent. Atypical enteropathogenic E. coli (aEPEC) is one of six intestinal pathogenic E. coli pathotypes and one of the major agents causing diarrhea in low- and middle-income countries like Brazil. In this work, we...