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Molecular characterization of Campylobacter jejuni from patients with Guillain-Barré and Miller Fisher syndromes.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jun 2000
Endtz H P, Ang C W, van Den Braak N, Duim B, Rigter A, Price L J, Woodward D L, Rodgers F G, Johnson W M, Wagenaar J A, Jacobs B C, Verbrugh H A, van Belkum A
Abstract excerpt
Campylobacter jejuni has been identified as the predominant cause of antecedent infection in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS). The risk of developing GBS or MFS may be higher after infection with specific C. jejuni types. To investigate the putative clonality, 18 GBS- or MFS-related C. jejuni strains from The Netherlands and Belgium and 17 control strains were analyzed by serotyping...
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