title: First bacteraemic human infection with Escherichia albertii.
abstract: The facultative anaerobic Gram-negative species Escherichia albertii has been isolated from human faeces in gastrointestinal infection and from a range of wild bird species. Here we report the first case of a febrile infection associated with E. albertii bacteraemia in a 76-year-old woman with gastric dysplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: T J J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Inglis
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia; School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Merritt
authors.affiliation: School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bzdyl
authors.affiliation: School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lansley
authors.affiliation: School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Urosevic
keywords: Bacteraemia; Escherichia; bacterial identification methods; facultative anaerobes; gut microbiota