Genetic profiling of Campylobacter jejuni strains from humans infected in Sweden or in Thailand, and from healthy Swedish chickens, studied by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE)

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 579-584

  Rönner, Anna Clara ^a,b   Borch, Elisabeth ^b   Kaijser, Bertil ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Department of Clinical Bacteriology ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SWEDEN; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SWEDEN; THAILAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 24644439558     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540510036624     Document Type: Article

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