Molecular typing of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli from chickens and patients with gastritis or Guillain-Barré syndrome based on multilocus sequence types and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis patterns.
Campylobacter jejuni has recently been noted as the most common cause of bacterial foodborne diseases in Japan. In the present study, we determined ST types of C. jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from chickens and patients with enteritis or GBS in Japan and Thailand. C. jejuni from chickens, enteritis, and GBS exhibited divergent ST types and included several novel types in addition to worldwide common types. C. coli from enteritis was also divergent. Novel ST types may represent unidentified native clones in each country. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis confirmed the above typing and demonstrated long-term persistence and transmission.
Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Disease Control and International Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 757 Ichibanchou, Asahimachidori, Niigata 951-8510, Japan.
Shizuka
S
Yabe
Wataru
W
Higuchi
Yasuhisa
Y
Iwao
Tomomi
T
Takano
Olga
O
Razvina
Ivan
I
Reva
Akihito
A
Nishiyama
Tatsuo
T
Yamamoto
D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D017000:Campylobacter coli / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field / Q000379:methods*; D005756:Gastritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D020275:Guillain-Barre Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA