Clinical Significance of Escherichia albertii

Discriminating Escherichia albertii from other Enterobacteriaceae is difficult. Systematic analyses showed that E. albertii represents a substantial portion of strains currently identified as eae-positive Escherichia coli and includes Shiga toxin 2f-producing strains. Because E. albertii possesses the eae gene, many strains might have been misidentified as enterohemorrhagic or enteropathogenic E. coli.KAKENHI from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of JapanMiyazaki Univ, Frontier Sci Res Ctr, Div Bioenvironm Sci, Miyazaki 8891692, JapanOsaka Prefectural Inst Publ Hlth, Osaka 537, JapanMiyagi Prefectural Inst Publ Hlth & Environm, Miyazaki, JapanNatl Inst Anim Hlth, Ibaraki, JapanFukuoka Inst Hlth & Environm Sci, Fukuoka, JapanYamagata Prefectural Inst Publ Hlth, Yamagata 9900031, JapanToyama Inst Hlth, Toyama, JapanHokkaido Inst Publ Hlth, Sapporo, Hokkaido, JapanUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilUniv Liege, Liege, BelgiumFed Inst Risk Assessment, Berlin, GermanyUniversidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, BrazilKAKENHI from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan: 17019058KAKENHI from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan: 20310116KAKENHI from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan: 23790480Web of Scienc