Study of cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) in Campylobacter coli using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction assay and its distribution among clinical and food strains.

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From a collection of 242 food isolates of Campylobacter spp. 72 were identified as Campylobacter jejuni and 170 as Campylobacter coli and of 112 isolates from clinical sources, 92 were identified as C. jejuni and 20 as C. coli. The results for food isolates were in contrast to other reported identifications. Twenty C. coli strains from clinical cases of Campylobacter that occurred in Portugal and 170 isolated...

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