gram-negative_bacterial_infectious_disease obsolete enteroinvasive Escherichia coli infectious disease true disease_ontology An Escherichia coli intestinal infectious disease that involves infection of the intestine caused by a serological subgroup of Escherichia coli called enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC), which penetrate and multiply within epithelial cells of the colon causing cell destruction. They do not produce toxins but they possess a specific adhesin, which is an outer membrane protein. The symptoms include dysentery-like diarrhea with fever. DOID:13285 Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli gastrointestinal tract infection Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli gastrointestinal tract infection (disorder) intestinal infectious disease due to enteroinvasive E. coli