title: Clonal distribution and virulence of Campylobacter jejuni isolates in blood.
abstract: Campylobacter jejuni bacteria are highly diverse enteropathogens. Seventy-three C. jejuni isolates from blood collected in Finland were analyzed by multilocus sequence typing and serum resistance. Approximately half of the isolates belonged to the otherwise uncommon sequence type 677 clonal complex. Isolates of this clonal complex were more resistant than other isolates to human serum.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Feodoroff
authors.forename: Caroline P A
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: de Haan
authors.forename: Patrik
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ellström
authors.forename: Seppo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sarna
authors.forename: Marja-Liisa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hänninen
authors.forename: Hilpi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rautelin
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D050296:Microbial Viability; D058885:Multilocus Sequence Typing; D012621:Seasons; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics
keywords: Campylobacter jejuni; Finland; ST-677; bacteremia; bacteria; blood; clonal distribution; infections; invasive pathogen; isolates; multilocus sequence typing; sequence type; virulence
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