Objective:To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of infectious diarrhea caused by diarrheagenic Escherichia coli(E. coli) from 2015 to 2019 in a district of Shanghai,and to provide reference for prevention and control of infectious diarrhea. Methods:The surveillance data of the newly diagnosed suspected bacterial diarrhea in a tertiary hospital in Qingpu District of Shanghai from 2015 to 2019 were collected,and the epidemiological characteristics were analyzed by descriptive epidemiological method. Results:From 2015 to 2019,among the 4 494 patients’ stool or anal swab specimens,513 cases of diarrheagenic E. coli were detected,with the detection rate of 11.42%,and the mainly was enterotoxigenic E. coli(66.08%,339 cases),followed by enteroaggregative E. coli(18.91%,97 cases) and enteropa-thogenic E. coli(14.42%,74 cases). The detection rate of diarrheagenic E. coli from 2015 to 2019 respectively was 9.10%,11.35%,16.57%,10.30% and 10.67%,and the differences among years were statistically significant( ?字2=116.962,P<0.001). The infectious diarrhea caused by diarrheagenic E. coli was commonly to see in summer and autumn. The main diarrhea symptom was watery stool(87.13%,447 cases),and some were accompanied with abdominal pain,nausea,vomiting or fever,among which 86.16% was single infection. The fever rate and abdominal pain rate of composite infection group were lower than those of single infection group,with statistical significance(fever: ?字2=4.936,P=0.026;abdominal pain: ?字2=17.079,P<0.001). There was significant difference in the detection rate among different age groups( ?字2=40.672,P<0.001),with the highest detection rate in 21-30-year-old group(15.97%). The detection rate of cadre staff(17.48%),medical staff(18.18%) and teachers(18.60%) was relatively high,with significant differences among the detection rate among different occupations( ?字2=23.554,P=0.001). Conclusion:The detection rate of diarrheagenic E. coli in Qingpu is quite high,mainly enterotoxigenic E. coli,showing local epidemic characteristics,mainly found in workers,and the differences among different ages and occu-pations are statistical significant. To survey its prevalence and characteristics can effectively provide scientific data for the prevention and control.