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
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Adhesins, Bacterial / genetics*
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Bacterial Typing Techniques
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Disease Outbreaks*
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Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
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Enterobacteriaceae Infections / epidemiology*
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Enterobacteriaceae Infections / microbiology
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Escherichia / classification
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Escherichia / genetics*
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Escherichia / isolation & purification
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Escherichia coli / classification
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Escherichia coli / genetics*
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Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
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Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics*
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Food Contamination
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Food Microbiology
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Gastroenteritis / epidemiology*
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Gastroenteritis / microbiology
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Humans
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Japan / epidemiology
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Phylogeny
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
Substances
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Adhesins, Bacterial
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Escherichia coli Proteins
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eaeA protein, E coli