Escherichia albertii has been associated with diarrhea in humans but not with disease or infection in animals. However, in December 2004, E. albertii was found, by biochemical and genetic methods, to be the probable cause of death for redpoll finches (Carduelis flammea) in Alaska. Subsequent investigation found this organism in dead and subclinically infected birds of other species from North America and Australia. Isolates from dead finches in Scotland, previously identified as Escherichia coli O86:K61, also were shown to be E. albertii. Similar to the isolates from humans, E. albertii isolates from birds possessed intimin (eae) and cytolethal distending toxin (cdtB) genes but lacked Shiga toxin (stx) genes. Genetic analysis of eae and cdtB sequences, multilocus sequence typing, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns showed that the E. albertii strains from birds are heterogeneous but similar to isolates that cause disease in humans.
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- Escherichia albertii is identified as a new foodborne pathogen linked to diarrhea, primarily transmitted from animals, particularly poultry, but its exact transmission routes to humans are still not fully understood.
- The study involved an E. albertii infected infant with recent poultry exposure, and samples were taken from the infant's contacts, poultry, and the surrounding environment to analyze the transmission dynamics.
- The findings revealed multiple E. albertii strains with genetic similarities primarily between poultry and environmental samples, suggesting that family-breeding poultry could be a significant reservoir, thus highlighting the need for increased surveillance of poultry to assess potential health risks to humans.
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