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

H Nielsen; S Persson; K E P Olsen; T Ejlertsen; B Kristensen; H C Schønheyder

doi:10.1007/s10096-009-0863-9

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

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2010 Mar;29(3):357-8. doi: 10.1007/s10096-009-0863-9. Epub 2010 Jan 26.

Authors

H Nielsen¹, S Persson, K E P Olsen, T Ejlertsen, B Kristensen, H C Schønheyder

Affiliation

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Aalborg Hospital, Aarhus University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark. henrik.nielsen@rn.dk

PMID: 20101515
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0863-9

Abstract

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.

MeSH terms

Bacteremia / microbiology*
Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Bacterial Toxins / genetics
Campylobacter Infections / epidemiology
Campylobacter Infections / microbiology*
Campylobacter jejuni / genetics*
Campylobacter jejuni / isolation & purification
Gastroenteritis / microbiology
Heat-Shock Proteins / genetics
Humans
Virulence Factors / genetics*

Substances

Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
Bacterial Proteins
Bacterial Toxins
CapA protein, bacteria
Heat-Shock Proteins
Virulence Factors