TY - JOUR AU - Oaks, J. Lindsay AU - Besser, Thomas E. AU - Walk, Seth T. AU - Gordon, David M. AU - Beckmen, Kimberlee B. AU - Burek, Kathy A. AU - Haldorson, Gary J. AU - Bradway, Dan S. AU - Ouellette, Lindsey AU - Rurangirwa, Fred R. AU - Davis, Margaret A. AU - Dobbin, Greg AU - Whittam, Thomas S. T1 - Escherichia albertii in Wild and Domestic Birds T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2010 VL - 16 IS - 4 SP - 638 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Avian KW - enteritis KW - Escherichia KW - pathology KW - bacterial toxins KW - veterinary KW - intimin KW - cytolethal distending toxin KW - bacteria KW - research KW - United States KW - Canada KW - Australia KW - United Kingdom DO - 10.3201/eid1604.090695 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/4/09-0695_article ER - End of Reference