Campylobacter jejuni bacteria are highly diverse enteropathogens. Seventy-three C. jejuni isolates from blood collected in Finland were analyzed by multilocus sequence typing and serum resistance. Approximately half of the isolates belonged to the otherwise uncommon sequence type 677 clonal complex. Isolates of this clonal complex were more resistant than other isolates to human serum.
Keywords: Campylobacter jejuni; Finland; ST-677; bacteremia; bacteria; blood; clonal distribution; infections; invasive pathogen; isolates; multilocus sequence typing; sequence type; virulence.