title: Characterisation of Campylobacters from Malaysia.
abstract: Eight-five clinical and 15 poultry isolates of Campylobacter species were characterised by biotyping, serotyping and by using a radiolabelled DNA probe. A total of 80% of the isolates from both sources were identified as C. jejuni. Also amongst the clinical strains were 5 c. jejuni subsp. doylei, 7 C. coli, 3 C. lari and 8 were untypable. The similarity in the distribution of C. jejuni in the clinical and poultry isolates adds credibility to published reports of chickens being the most common source of Campylobacter infections. Although the gold standard for identification of C. jejuni is the DNA probe, serotyping is more discriminating while biotyping is the most feasible method in most laboratories.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Tay
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Puthucheary
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Devi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kautner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D002645:Chickens; D015342:DNA Probes; D006801:Humans; D008296:Malaysia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes