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Comparative genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni strains from patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome in Bangladesh.
PloS one - 30 Sept 2009
Islam Zhahirul, van Belkum Alex, Wagenaar Jaap A, Cody Alison J, de Boer Albert G, Tabor Helen, Jacobs Bart C, Talukder Kaisar A, Endtz Hubert P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Campylobacter jejuni is a common cause of acute gastroenteritis and is associated with post-infectious neuropathies such as the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and the Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS). We here present comparative genotyping of 49 C. jejuni strains from Bangladesh that were recovered from patients with enteritis or GBS. All strains were serotyped and analyzed by lipo-oligosaccharide (LOS)...
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