Article
Isolation and typing methods for the epidemiologic investigation of thermotolerant campylobacters.
International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology - 1 Dec 1999
Barros-Velázquez J, Jiménez A, Villa T G
Abstract excerpt
Thermotolerant campylobacters, C. jejuni, C. coli, C. lari and C. upsaliensis, are spiral bacteria involved in human enteric disease. The prevalence of these emerging pathogens, mainly C. jejuni and to a lesser extent C. coli, as etiologic agents of enteric disease in industrialized countries has increased over the last decade. The isolation and culture of these microorganisms is tedious and time-consuming mainly...
Topics
- AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections
- Adult
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Bacteriological Techniques
- Bacteriophage Typing
- Campylobacter
- Campylobacter Infections
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Culture Media
- DNA, Bacterial
- Energy Metabolism
- Enteritis
- Feces