Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli in Psittaciformes

Avian Pathology : Journal of the W.V.P.A
C SchremmerLothar H Wieler

Abstract

A total of 103 Escherichia coli isolates from psittaciform birds were examined for the presence of genes coding for shigatoxin 1 (Stx1), shigatoxin 2 (Stx2) and for intimin (eae), using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Sixty-eight E. coli strains were isolated from necropsy cases and faecal samples, the other 35 were from 205 cloacal swabs from Psittaciformes with various conditions. All isolates were tested for enterohaemorrhagic E. coli-haemolysin (HlyEHEC), some also for Stx production, but there was no geno-typic or phenotypic evidence of Stx in any of them. Seven isolates, six from birds with diarrhoea, harboured the eae gene, three of them belonging to the O110:H6 serotype, one each to serotypes O153:H10, O131:H-, O63:H6 and Osp:H6. These seven eae-positive strains were negative for shigatoxin and HlyEHEC, and the hlyEHEC gene was not detectable by PCR. However, a PCR amplifying the enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)-specific bundle-forming pili structural gene bfpA detected four bfpA positive strains (three of serotype O110:H6, one O131:H-) among the seven eae positive strains, which classifies them as EPEC. Our findings suggest that shigatoxin-producing E. coli are uncommon, but that EPEC should be considered as potent...Continue Reading

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