Bacteraemia with Campylobacter jejuni: no association with the virulence genes iam, cdtB, capA or virB.

ABSTRACT

The role of bacterial genes in the determination of the clinical spectrum of Campylobacter jejuni infection is unclear. We compared clinical isolates from invasive blood-stream infection with stool isolates from gastroenteritis and found no association of the putative virulence genes iam, capA, virB and cdtB with clinical presentation.