Bacteraemia with Campylobacter jejuni: no association with the virulence genes iam, cdtB, capA or virB.
The role of bacterial genes in the determination of the clinical spectrum of Campylobacter jejuni infection is unclear. We compared clinical isolates from invasive blood-stream infection with stool isolates from gastroenteritis and found no association of the putative virulence genes iam, capA, virB and cdtB with clinical presentation.
Nielsen
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Department of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. henrik.nielsen@rn.dk
Persson
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Olsen
K E P
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Ejlertsen
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Kristensen
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Schønheyder
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D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000235:genetics; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000235:genetics*
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D001427:Bacterial Toxins; C108302:CapA protein, bacteria; D006360:Heat-Shock Proteins; D037521:Virulence Factors