Molecular typing of Campylobacter jejuni isolates involved in a neonatal outbreak indicates nosocomial transmission.
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.
Llovo
José
J
Servicio de Microbiología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Mateo
Estíbaliz
E
Muñoz
Angeles
A
Urquijo
María
M
On
Stephen L W
SL
Fernández-Astorga
Aurora
A
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
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents