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Evaluating the occurrence of Escherichia albertii in chicken carcass rinses by PCR, Vitek analysis, and sequencing of the rpoB gene.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2015
Lindsey Rebecca L, Fedorka-Cray Paula J, Abley Melanie, Turpin Jennifer B, Meinersmann Richard J
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia albertii is a recently described species that has been associated with gastroenteritis in humans and with healthy and ill birds. Most recently, it has been identified as the causative agent in a food-borne outbreak in Japan. The distribution and clinical importance of E. albertii are not well studied because its importance is unclear. Culture methods for clinical isolation frequently miss E. albertii...
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