title: Novel Campylobacter-like organism resembling Helicobacter fennelliae isolated from a boy with gastroenteritis and from dogs.
abstract: We isolated a Campylobacter-like organism resembling Helicobacter fennelliae from a 5 1/2-year-old boy with gastroenteritis. Similar strains had been found previously in fecal specimens from healthy and diarrheic dogs. These isolates could be differentiated from H. fennelliae by a lack of catalase and arylsulfatase activities. This group of organisms seems to be homogeneous by a nonradioactive dot blot DNA hybridization assay.
authors.affiliation: National Reference Laboratory for Foodborne Diseases, University of Berne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Burnens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stanley
authors.forename: U B
authors.initials: UB
authors.lastname: Schaad
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nicolet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004285:Dogs / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D013045:Species Specificity