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Bacteraemia with Campylobacter jejuni: no association with the virulence genes iam, cdtB, capA or virB

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The role of bacterial genes in the determination of the clinical spectrum of Campylobacter jejuni infection is unclear. We compared clinical isolates from invasive blood-stream infection with stool isolates from gastroenteritis and found no association of the putative virulence genes iam, capA, virB and cdtB with clinical presentation.

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  1. Departments of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark

    H. Nielsen, T. Ejlertsen & H. C. Schønheyder

  2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, Skejby Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark

    B. Kristensen

  3. Unit of Gastrointestinal Infections, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

    S. Persson & K. E. P. Olsen

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Nielsen, H., Persson, S., Olsen, K.E.P. et al. Bacteraemia with Campylobacter jejuni: no association with the virulence genes iam, cdtB, capA or virB . Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 29, 357–358 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-009-0863-9

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