title: Genetic characterization of Campylobacter jejuni O:41 isolates in relation with Guillain-Barré syndrome.
abstract: Campylobacter jejuni O:41 strains are found in association with Guillain-Barré syndrome in South Africa. Strains of this serotype collected over 17 years were characterized by amplified fragment length polymorphism and flagellin typing to determine their clonal nature. Despite minor variation in GM1 expression, all of the strains were genetically indistinguishable, indicating that they are representative of a genetically stable clone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Cape Town, Observatory, Cape 7925, South Africa. wassen@mail.uni-mainz.de
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Wassenaar
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Fry
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lastovica
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Wagenaar
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Coloe
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duim
mesh_terms: D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005408:Flagellin / Q000235:genetics; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012703:Serotyping
chemical_list: D005408:Flagellin