title: Lior-serotype variants in Campylobacter isolates from the same stool sample.
abstract: Campylobacter strains isolated from the same stool sample were characterised by determination of biochemical properties and both heat-labile (Lior) and heat-stable (Lauwers) serotypes. In six of 60 campylobacter-infected stools, two or three strains differing in Lior-serotype were isolated from the same stool. In four of these six cases, the isolates with different Lior-serotypes showed identical biochemical reactions and identical heat-stable antigenic patterns. A predominant Lior-serotype was not detected among them but Lauwers-antigens O:3, O:14 and O:16 were found in isolates from three of the six stool samples. Moreover, the isolates were identified as C. coli in 76.5% of the stool samples (p < 0.05). We believe that variation in heat-labile antigens occurs in vivo and might be associated particularly with certain heat-stable serotypes of C. coli.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zöllner
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Wuthe
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000145:classification*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000145:classification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic