Human Gastroenteritis Outbreak Associated withEscherichia albertii, Japan
Authors:
- Eisuke TokuokaETEisuke Tokuoka
- Masato FurukawaMFMasato Furukawa
- Tetsuya NagamuraTNTetsuya Nagamura
- Yoshitoshi OguraYOYoshitoshi Ogura
- Kokichi ArisawaKAKokichi Arisawa
- Seiya HaradaSHSeiya Harada
- Tetsuya HayashiTHTetsuya Hayashi
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- Published by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 19 (1) , 144-146
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.Keywords
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