Occurrence and Characteristics of Escherichia albertii in Wild Birds and Poultry Flocks in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT: Escherichia albertii, a zoonotic pathogen, has sporadically been associated with infectious diarrhea in humans. Poultry and wild birds are considered potential reservoirs. We assessed the occurrence of E. albertii in 280 fecal samples from wild birds (n = 130) and pooled fecal samples collected at slaughterhouse level from poultry flocks (n = 150) in Switzerland. Using an E. albertii-specific PCR targeting the Eacdt gene, 23.8% (31/130) of the samples from wild birds, but not from the pooled poultry fecal samples, tested positive for Eacdt. The positive samples originated from 11 bird species belonging to eight families. Strain isolation was attempted on the PCR-positive samples by subculturing the broth cultures onto xylose-MacConkey plates

SUBMITTER: Barmettler K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9699108 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature