Risk Factors Associated with Campylobacter jejuni Infections in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles
ABSTRACT A steady increase in the incidence of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) with a seasonal preponderance, almost exclusively related to Campylobacter jejuni , and a rise in the incidence of laboratory-confirmed Campylobacter enteritis have been reported from Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. We therefore investigated possible risk factors associated with diarrhea due to epidemic C. jejuni . Typing by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis identified four epidemic clones which accounted for almost 60% of the infections. One hundred six cases were included in a case-control study. Infections with epi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2003 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Journal of Clinical Microbiology ; volume 41, issue 12, page 5588-5592 ; ISSN 0095-1137 1098-660X |
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American Society for Microbiology
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Schlagwörter: | Microbiology (medical) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27188972 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jcm.41.12.5588-5592.2003 |