Novel Campylobacter-like organism resembling Helicobacter fennelliae isolated from a boy with gastroenteritis and from dogs.

doi:10.1128/jcm.31.7.1916-1917.1993

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Novel Campylobacter-like organism resembling Helicobacter fennelliae isolated from a boy with gastroenteritis and from dogs.

Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Jul 1993

Burnens A P, Stanley J, Schaad U B, Nicolet J

Abstract excerpt

We isolated a Campylobacter-like organism resembling Helicobacter fennelliae from a 5 1/2-year-old boy with gastroenteritis. Similar strains had been found previously in fecal specimens from healthy and diarrheic dogs. These isolates could be differentiated from H. fennelliae by a lack of catalas...

Topics

Animals
Campylobacter
Campylobacter Infections
Child, Preschool
Disease Reservoirs
Dogs
Feces
Gastroenteritis
Helicobacter
Helicobacter Infections
Humans
Male
Phenotype
Phylogeny
Species Specificity

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