Occurrence of Campylobacter jejuni in Pets Living with Human Patients Infected with C. jejuni

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1363-1364

  Damborg, Peter ^a   Olsen, Katharina E P ^b   Nielsen, Eva Møller ^b   Guardabassi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAT; DENMARK; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATS; DENMARK; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 1542723475     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1363-1364.2004     Document Type: Article

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