Human gastroenteritis outbreak associated with Escherichia albertii, Japan

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Jan;19(1):144-6. doi: 10.3201/eid1901.120646.

Abstract

Although Escherichia albertii is an emerging intestinal pathogen, it has been associated only with sporadic human infections. In this study, we determined that a human gastroenteritis outbreak at a restaurant in Japan had E. albertii as the major causative agent.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adhesins, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Bacterial Typing Techniques
  • Disease Outbreaks*
  • Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology*
  • Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
  • Escherichia / classification
  • Escherichia / genetics*
  • Escherichia / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli / classification
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
  • Food Contamination
  • Food Microbiology
  • Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
  • Gastroenteritis / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Japan / epidemiology
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Adhesins, Bacterial
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • eaeA protein, E coli