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   *E.coli are extremely common bowel flora bacteria and commonly are a cause of [[UTI]] and urosepsis   *E.coli are extremely common bowel flora bacteria and commonly are a cause of [[UTI]] and urosepsis
 +    * a US 2025 study (([[https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.01428-25|2025: Zoonotic Escherichia coli and urinary tract infections in Southern California]]))  suggests that ~20% of UTIs are caused by extraintestinal pathogenic E.coli strains (ExPEC) spread from contaminated meats, especially poultry
   *they sometimes can cause invasive disease such as meningitis, especially in infants   *they sometimes can cause invasive disease such as meningitis, especially in infants
   * although E. coli is commonly found in a variety of extraintestinal infections, it doesn’t have a substantial array of virulence factors that might account for its invasive and persistence characteristics   * although E. coli is commonly found in a variety of extraintestinal infections, it doesn’t have a substantial array of virulence factors that might account for its invasive and persistence characteristics
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