Enteroinvasive E. coli cause a dysentery-like illness by invading the epithelial cells of the large intestine where they cause necrosis, ulceration and inflammation.
They cause sporadic outbreaks of diarrhoea in older children and adults, some of which are food-borne.
Enteroinvasive serotypes include 0124, 0136, 0143 etc.
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