Review
Microbiology
Francis Muchaamba, Karen Barmettler, Andrea Treier, Kurt Houf, Roger Stephan
Summary: Escherichia albertii is an emerging zoonotic foodborne pathogen associated with watery diarrhea, mainly in children and immunocompromised individuals. It can be transmitted through contaminated water and food, especially poultry-based products. Due to the lack of standardized identification protocols, it can be easily misidentified as other Enterobacteriaceae. Therefore, simple and efficient diagnostic tools are needed for accurate identification of this elusive pathogen.
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Food Science & Technology
Shouhei Hirose, Yukiko Nakamura, Sakura Arai, Yukiko Hara-Kudo
Summary: Escherichia albertii is an emerging pathogen causing foodborne infections. In this study, a novel and effective enrichment broth called CT-mEC was developed for the detection of E. albertii in food. The results showed that CT-mEC had selective growth potential for E. albertii and successfully detected it in a food sample.
FOODBORNE PATHOGENS AND DISEASE
(2022)
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Genetics & Heredity
Katarzyna Leszczynska, Izabela Swiecicka, Tamara Daniluk, Dariusz Lebensztejn, Sylwia Chmielewska-Deptula, Dorota Leszczynska, Jan Gawor, Malgorzata Kliber
Summary: The study assessed the prevalence and pathogenicity of E. albertii strains in northeastern Poland and found high genetic variability and potential public health threat.
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Food Science & Technology
Leah Thompson, Jessie Vipham, Lyda Hok, Paul Ebner
Summary: Cambodia has made significant efforts to improve nutritional outcomes and food safety. The review examines food safety challenges in the country, focusing on foodborne disease outbreaks, research, regulatory structures, and gaps in knowledge or practices. The proposed framework aims to bridge food safety gaps by enhancing surveillance, intervention research, and understanding Cambodians' motivations for adopting food safety practices.
GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY-AGRICULTURE POLICY ECONOMICS AND ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
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Immunology
Daniela Michlmayr, Luis Alves de Sousa, Luise Muller, Pikka Jokelainen, Steen Ethelberg, Lasse Skafte Vestergaard, Susanne Schjorring, Sarah Mikkelsen, Carl Widstrup Jensen, Lasse Dam Rasmussen, Christen Rune Stensvold
Summary: Enterocytozoon bieneusi was identified as the cause of a foodborne outbreak of diarrhea affecting >70 individuals. The outbreak was associated with consuming food from a workplace canteen, with symptoms including diarrhea, fatigue, and abdominal pain. The study highlights the importance of investigating E. bieneusi in foodborne outbreak investigations.
CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2022)
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Microbiology
Michelle Qiu Carter, Beatriz Quinones, Xiaohua He, Antares Pham, Diana Carychao, Michael B. Cooley, Chien-Chi Lo, Patrick S. G. Chain, Rebecca L. Lindsey, James L. Bono
Summary: Through comparative genomics and phenotypic characterization, this study assessed the pathogenic potential of Escherichia albertii strains isolated from wild birds in California. The results showed that these strains have high pathogenicity potential and could cause severe diseases in humans.
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Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Sakura Arai, Satoko Yamaya, Kayoko Ohtsuka, Noriko Konishi, Hiromi Obata, Tadasuke Ooka, Shouhei Hirose, Akemi Kai, Yukiko Hara-Kudo
Summary: In this study, the presence of Escherichia albertii was investigated in retail oyster samples. The pathogen was found in Pacific oyster and Japanese rock oyster samples, with a potential to infect humans.
JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Eun Ju Oh, Jang Mook Kim, Jae Kyung Kim
Summary: This study analyzed the impact of climate factors on the incidence and severity of foodborne diseases, finding positive correlations between certain pathogens and variables such as sunshine intensity, wind-chill temperature, relative humidity, and particulate matter content. The findings may help predict relationships among climatic factors and inform environmental health policies, but further research involving large-scale data, molecular biology, and epidemiology is needed for effective prevention and management of foodborne bacterial infections.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH
(2021)
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Microbiology
Koji Nakae, Tadasuke Ooka, Koichi Murakami, Yukiko Hara-Kudo, Naoko Imuta, Yasuhiro Gotoh, Yoshitoshi Ogura, Tetsuya Hayashi, Yasuhiro Okamoto, Junichiro Nishi
Summary: Escherichia albertii is a recently recognized human enteropathogen closely related to E. coli, with diverse fliC genes but low variation, indicating limited natural hosts or environments. A newly developed H-genotyping system based on fliC sequences could be useful for epidemiological studies of E. albertii infections.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Gang Zhao, Zhengqing Lou, Zhiyong Zhu, Xuying Lai, Jun Li, Xiuqin Lou, Liming Huang, Qi Chen
Summary: Objectives: This paper presents a detailed analysis of the epidemiology and molecular characteristics of staphylococcal food poisoning (SFP) that occurred in a hotel in Hangzhou. The study suggests that Staphylococcus aureus with non-classical enterotoxins may be a potential cause of SFP in humans.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2023)
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Immunology
Michael B. Batz, LaTonia C. Richardson, Michael C. Bazaco, Cary Chen Parker, Stuart J. Chirtel, Dana Cole, Neal J. Golden, Patricia M. Griffin, Weidong Gu, Susan K. Schmitt, Beverly J. Wolpert, Joanna S. Zablotsky Kufel, R. Michael Hoekstra
Summary: A method was used to attribute US foodborne illnesses to specific food categories, with findings showing that Salmonella illnesses are mainly linked to seeded vegetables, eggs, and meats; E. coli O157 to beef and vegetables; L. monocytogenes to fruits and dairy; and Campylobacter to dairy and chicken. Further adjustments are recommended before using Campylobacter attribution estimates.
EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2021)
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Microbiology
Gaspard Grouteau, Cedric Mignonat, Bruno Marchou, Guillaume Martin-Blondel, Olivier Glass, Claire Roubaud-Baudron, Pauline Lansalot-Matras, Simon Alik, Laurent Balardy, Thomas De Nadai, Lucie Benejat, Quentin Jehanne, Alain Le Coustumier, Philippe Lehours
Summary: In June 2021, a cluster of seven cases of Campylobacter fetus infections occurred in a rehabilitation center and caused significant morbidity in elderly patients, including five with bacteremia and two with osteoarticular medical device infections. Whole genome sequencing confirmed that the different strains of Campylobacter fetus had a common source, indicating a foodborne outbreak likely caused by the consumption of unpasteurized dairy products, such as raw milk cheese from a farm-to-fork strategy.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Microbiology
Atsushi Hinenoya, Huiwen Wang, Erin M. Patrick, Ximin Zeng, Liu Cao, Xing-Ping Li, Rebecca L. Lindsey, Barbara Gillespie, Qiang He, Shinji Yamasaki, Jun Lin
Summary: This study provides new insights into the ecology, evolution, and pathobiology of E. albertii by conducting longitudinal surveillance of E. albertii in wild raccoons in the U.S. The study reveals that raccoons and broiler chickens are significant reservoirs of E. albertii and that the strains of E. albertii from different origins have unique clusters with close evolutionary relationships and similar virulence gene profiles. The study also demonstrates the presence of E. albertii in water samples and their close relationships to human strains.
MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Microbiology
Huiwen Wang, Li Zhang, Liu Cao, Ximin Zeng, Barbara Gillespie, Jun Lin
Summary: This study found that Escherichia albertii is prevalent in chicken farms in the United States, displaying various antibiotic resistance and showing close evolutionary relationships with human strains. The findings highlight the importance of preventing and controlling E. albertii in poultry production.
VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kyoung Mi Kim, Eun Suk Cho, Seong Bae Ahn, Eun Ok Kang, Jong-Myon Bae
Summary: An outbreak of vomiting and food poisoning symptoms occurred in a kindergarten in Jeju Province on September 6, 2021. The investigation revealed that the outbreak was caused by various strains of Bacillus cereus from the environment.
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Toshimasa Hayashi, Hiroyuki Tsukagoshi, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Daisuke Ishikawa, Michiko Imai, Masahiro Fujita, Makoto Kuroda, Nobuhiro Saruki
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
(2019)
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Environmental Sciences
Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Yuba Inamine, Takaya Segawa, Masanori Hashino, Koji Yatsu, Makoto Kuroda
ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Microbiology
Hiroshi Katoh, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Yuichiro Nakatsu, Reiko Nakagawa, Naganori Nao, Masafumi Sakata, Fumihiro Kato, Makoto Kuroda, Minoru Kidokoro, Makoto Takeda
Article
Microbiology
Nobuo Arai, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Yukino Tamamura, Masahiro Kusumoto, Atsushi Hinenoya, Shinji Yamasaki, Taketoshi Iwata, Ayako Watanabe-Yanai, Makoto Kuroda, Masato Akiba
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
(2019)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yosi Nindita, Zhisheng Cao, Amirudin Akhmad Fauzi, Aiko Teshima, Yuya Misaki, Rukman Muslimin, Yingjie Yang, Yuh Shiwa, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Michihira Tagami, Alexander Lezhava, Jun Ishikawa, Makoto Kuroda, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Kuninobu Inada, Haruyasu Kinashi, Kenji Arakawa
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Infectious Diseases
Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Yuba Inamine, Takaya Segawa, Makoto Kuroda
INFECTION AND DRUG RESISTANCE
(2019)
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Genetics & Heredity
Koji Kikuchi, Kenichi Lee, Hiroyuki Ueno, Kentaro Tomari, Sumie Kobori, Akihiko Kaetsu, Mari Matsui, Satowa Suzuki, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Makoto Kuroda, Motonobu Miyazaki, Makoto Ohnishi
MICROBIAL GENOMICS
(2019)
Article
Microbiology
Makoto Kuroda, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Hidehito Matsui, Jun Ohsuga, Toshio Ohshima, Hideaki Hanaki
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY
(2019)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Takemasa Takii, Kouhei Seki, Yasutaka Wakabayashi, Yuta Morishige, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Akifumi Yamashita, Kengo Kato, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Akihiro Ohkado, Naoto Keicho, Satoshi Mitarai, Makoto Kuroda, Seiya Kato
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2019)
Article
Microbiology
Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Kenichi Lee, Keiko Kimata, Junko Isobe, Makoto Kuroda, Sunao Iyoda, Makoto Ohnishi, Tetsutaro Sata, Masanori Watahiki
MICROBIOLOGY RESOURCE ANNOUNCEMENTS
(2019)
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Medicine, General & Internal
Yoji Ikuta, Kunihiro Oba, Emina Nai, Tatsuo Katori, Masanori Hashino, Yuba Inamine, Satoko Matsunaga, Yutaro Yamaoka, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Akihide Ryo, Makoto Kuroda
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL CASE REPORTS
(2019)
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Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Tamaki Ito, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Norimi Kishi, Akifumi Yamashita, Makoto Kuroda
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Toshiyuki Yamaji, Hisatoshi Hanamatsu, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Makoto Kuroda, Norimasa Iwasaki, Makoto Ohnishi, Jun-ichi Furukawa, Kinnosuke Yahiro, Kentaro Hanada
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Toshiyuki Yamaji, Tsuyoshi Sekizuka, Yuriko Tachida, Chisato Sakuma, Kanta Morimoto, Makoto Kuroda, Kentaro Hanada