title: Distribution of serotypes and biotypes of thermophilic campylobacters in the Federal Republic of Germany: a comparison with other countries.
abstract: Thermophilic Campylobacter isolates from infected humans from the southwest of the FRG were bio- and serotyped according to Lior's scheme. Serotyping was performed with a commercially available test kit (Sopar, Brussels). C. jejuni represented about 87% of the isolates with Biotype I representing about 50% of the isolates. C. coli was found in 12% of the isolates and C. laridis in less than 1%. The most frequently identified serotypes were LIO 8, LIO 7 and LIO 4. The results are compared with investigations from seven other countries and with one investigation from northern Germany.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Hannover.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bär
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fricke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goossens
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003710:Demography; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D012703:Serotyping