Prevalence of putative virulence markers in campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolated from hospitalized children, raw chicken, and raw beef in Tehran, Iran

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 143-148

  Hamidian, Mohammad ^a,c   Sanaei, Maryam ^a   Bolfion, Mehdi ^a   Dabiri, Hossein ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a   Walther Rasmussen, Jan ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Fisher's exact test; Occurrence; PCR; Virulence genes

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYLASE; ASPARTATE KINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADF PROTEIN; CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN; CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN A; CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN B; CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN C; PHOSPHOLIPASE A; PROTEIN DNAJ; RACR PROTEIN; RNA 16S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BEEF; BIOCHEMISTRY; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN MEAT; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FISHER EXACT TEST; HORIZONTAL STARCH GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAW MEAT; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MEAT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 79953114900     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: 14803275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W10-089     Document Type: Note

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