title: Molecular typing of Campylobacter jejuni isolates involved in a neonatal outbreak indicates nosocomial transmission.
abstract: Genotypic typing by restriction fragment length polymorphism and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that two neonates in a neonatal ward were infected with the same Campylobacter jejuni strain. Isolates from the mother and brother of the index patient were identical to each other but distinct from the neonatal type. Genotyping results therefore suggested that the neonatal C. jejuni infection was nosocomial in origin.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Llovo
authors.forename: Estíbaliz
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mateo
authors.forename: Angeles
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urquijo
authors.forename: Stephen L W
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: On
authors.forename: Aurora
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fernández-Astorga
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015995:Prevalence
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents