[Molecular epidemiological analysis of an outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni using restriction enzyme double-digestion technique for genotyping of isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis].

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In an outbreak of gastroenteritis in elementary school students and their families in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from the stools of 14 patients who developed diarrheal illness after a one-day bus trip. C. jejuni was also isolated from the stools of 3 patients not going on the bus trip. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) analysis was done on 17 isolates of C. jejuni to study...

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