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Human, food and animal Campylobacter spp. isolated in Portugal: high genetic diversity and antibiotic resistance rates.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Oct 2014
Duarte Andreia, Santos Andrea, Manageiro Vera, Martins Ana, Fraqueza Maria J, Caniça Manuela, Domingues Fernanda C, Oleastro Mónica
Abstract excerpt
Infections by Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are considered the major cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans, with food being the main source of infection. In this study, a total of 196 Campylobacter strains (125 isolates from humans, 39 from retail food and 32 from food animal sources) isolated in Portugal between 2009 and 2012 were characterised by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and flaA...
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