title: Incidence of toxigenic Campylobacter strains in South Africa.
abstract: Campylobacter strains can produce a heat-labile cytotonic toxin (CTON) and various cytotoxins (CTOX). Of 22 South African Campylobacter strains tested, 86% were toxigenic (77% produced CTON, 41% produced CTOX, and 32% produced both types) and 14% were toxin negative. Campylobacter jejuni strains were 67% CTON positive and 47% CTOX positive, whereas Campylobacter coli strains were 100 and 29% positive, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiological Pathology, Medical University of Southern Africa (MEDUNSA).
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Bok
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Greeff
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Crewe-Brown
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D003603:Cytotoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D013019:South Africa; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D003603:Cytotoxins