Article
Evaluation of 10 methods to distinguish epidemic-associated Campylobacter strains.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 1991
Patton C M, Wachsmuth I K, Evins G M, Kiehlbauch J A, Plikaytis B D, Troup N, Tompkins L, Lior H
Abstract excerpt
We compared four phenotypic and six genotypic methods for distinguishing Campylobacter jejuni strains from animals and humans involved in four epidemics. Based on a comparison with epidemiologic data, the methods that correctly identified all strains in three milkborne outbreaks and one waterborn...
Topics
- Animals
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Birds
- Blotting, Southern
- Campylobacter
- Campylobacter Infections
- Campylobacter jejuni
- Disease Outbreaks
- Electrophoresis
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
