Uropathogenic E. coli can use all the following virulence factors to establish infection in the urinary tract except

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Antigen mimicry is not a virulence factor used by uropathogenic E. coli (UPEC) to establish infection in the urinary tract. UPEC employs mechanisms like invading bladder cells, producing siderophores to sequester iron, secreting proteases and toxins, and utilizing pili and adhesins for attachment and invasion, but not antigen mimicry.