title: Plasmid profiles of clinical isolates of Campylobacter with no or weak catalase activity.
abstract: Over a 26-month period 24 strains of Campylobacter with no or weak catalase activity were isolated from patients with gastro-enteritis or septicaemia at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town. Analysis has shown that 7 of the 24 isolates contained plasmids, and that 5 of them carried a common plasmid of 3.4 X 10(6) daltons.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D002374:Catalase / Q000032:analysis*; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D010957:Plasmids; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D002374:Catalase