Molecular characterization of Campylobacter jejuni from patients with Guillain-Barre and Miller Fisher syndromes

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2297-2301

  Endtz, Hubert P ^a   Ang, C Wim ^a   Van Den Braak, Nicole ^a   Duim, Birgitta ^b   Rigter, Alan ^b   Price, Lawrence J ^c   Woodward, David L ^c   Rodgers, Frank G ^c   Johnson, Wendy M ^c   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^b   Jacobs, Bart C ^a   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GANGLIOSIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; GUILLAIN BARRE SYNDROME; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEROTYPING; SUBCLAVIAN STEAL SYNDROME;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; MARTES PENNANTI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0034121791     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.38.6.2297-2301.2000     Document Type: Article

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