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. 1998 Jun;26(6):395-8.
doi: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.1998.00359.x.

Isolation of Escherichia coli O86:K61 producing cyto-lethal distending toxin from wild birds of the finch family

G Foster  1 , H M Ross, T W Pennycott, G F Hopkins, I M McLaren
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Isolation of Escherichia coli O86:K61 producing cyto-lethal distending toxin from wild birds of the finch family

G Foster et al. Lett Appl Microbiol. 1998 Jun.

Abstract

Escherichia coli was recovered from selected tissues of 43 out of a total of 46 finches found dead in the Scottish Highlands during April-May of 1994 and 1995. The isolates did not ferment sorbitol, rhamnose, sucrose or melibiose; they belonged to serogroup O86:K61, produced cytolethal distending toxin (CLDT) and possessed the eae gene sequence. The consistent recovery of organisms producing CLDT and possessing the eae gene suggests that these organisms may have played a significant role in the finch mortalities.

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