Clinical and epidemiological analysis of Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus infections in humans and comparative genetic analysis with strains isolated from cattle.

Escher, Robert; Brunner, Colette; von Steiger, Niklaus; Brodard, Isabelle; Droz, Sara; Abril, Carlos; Kuhnert, Peter

Escher, Robert; Brunner, Colette; von Steiger, Niklaus; Brodard, Isabelle; Droz, Sara; Abril, Carlos; Kuhnert, Peter.

Affiliation

Escher R; Department of Medicine, Spital Emmental, Burgdorf, Switzerland. robert.escher@spital-emmental.ch.
Brunner C; Department of Medicine, Spital Emmental, Burgdorf, Switzerland.
von Steiger N; Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Brodard I; Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Droz S; Institute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Abril C; Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Kuhnert P; Current address: Institute of Virology and Immunology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.

BMC Infect Dis ; 16: 198, 2016 May 14.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27177684

Subject(s)

Campylobacter Infections/epidemiology; Campylobacter fetus/drug effects; Campylobacter fetus/genetics; Drug Resistance, Bacterial/genetics; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Animals; Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology; Campylobacter Infections/drug therapy; Campylobacter Infections/microbiology; Campylobacter Infections/veterinary; Campylobacter fetus/pathogenicity; Cattle; Drug Resistance, Bacterial/drug effects; Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; Female; Genotype; Humans; Male; Microbial Sensitivity Tests; Middle Aged; Multilocus Sequence Typing; Phenotype; Phylogeny; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Streptomycin/pharmacology; Switzerland/epidemiology; Tetracycline/pharmacology

Key words

Campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus; Epidemiology; Major outer membrane protein (MOMP); Multilocus sequence typing (MLST); Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE); Type IV secretion system (T4SS)

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Campylobacter fetus / Campylobacter Infections / Drug Resistance, Bacterial Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Animals / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: BMC Infect Dis Journal subject: DOENCAS TRANSMISSIVEIS Year: 2016 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Switzerland Country of publication: United kingdom

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