Publications
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| low incidence of campylobacter enteritis in northern ireland. | in a prospective survey carried out over 9 months in 1984 in the department of bacteriology, belfast city hospital, campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 24 out of 1200 faecal specimens (2%) from patients with acute diarrhoea. this isolation rate is much lower than that from other parts of mainland britain which report an isolation rate of between 8 and 15%. it is difficult to explain this large discrepancy but the limited availability of unpasteurized milk and the generally worse summer here ( ... | 1986 | 3794324 |
| evaluation of four enrichment media for isolation of campylobacter jejuni. | diarrheal stool specimens were inoculated into the following media: alkaline peptone water (apw), bruce-zochowsky medium (bz), campylobacter enrichment broth (ceb), campy-thio broth (ct), and skirrow blood-agar (sk) plate. all media were incubated at 42 degrees c in microaerophilic conditions for 24 h. afterwards, a new sk plate was inoculated from every liquid medium. campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 43 of the 259 specimens when ct was used, from 45 when apw was used, from 46 when bz was ... | 1987 | 3793873 |
| cytotoxic and enterotoxic activities of campylobacter jejuni are not specified by tetracycline resistance plasmids pmak175 and pua466. | the 45-kilobase tetracycline resistance plasmids pmak175 and pua466 from campylobacter jejuni were examined using curing and mating experiments. however, these plasmids encoded neither cytotoxin production, as determined in vero cells, nor enterotoxin activity, as determined in chinese hamster ovary cells. | 1987 | 3793867 |
| campylobacter fetus ss. jejuni: a cause of solitary cecal ulcer. | 1986 | 3782763 | |
| vaccination studies for the control of campylobacteriosis in jamaican cattle. | following the first diagnosis of campylobacteriosis in jamaican cattle a field study was undertaken to determine the pathogenicity of campylobacter fetus subspecies venerealis jam (jamaican strain) and to evaluate the effectiveness of vaccination in controlling the disease. a total of 46 nonpregnant yearling heifers and four two-year-old bulls were used in two separate experiments. the results showed that c fetus subspecies venerealis jam readily colonised the reproductive tract of susceptible h ... | 1986 | 3776032 |
| rate of campylobacter spp. isolation in three regions of ontario, canada, from 1978 to 1985. | isolation rates of campylobacter spp. were analyzed for an 8-year period, 1978 through 1985. three laboratories of the ontario ministry of health examined 146,842 human feces samples for bacterial pathogens, including campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. campylobacter spp. were isolated from 5,580 specimens (3.8%), with monthly isolation rates ranging from 1.1 to 7.4%. the data showed a seasonal distribution of isolations, with peaks during the summer months (june to september). most inf ... | 1986 | 3771774 |
| biotype and serogroup distribution of campylobacter isolates from children in nigeria. | a total of 101 campylobacter isolates from nigerian children with or without gastroenteritis were biotyped and serogrouped by using the lior typing schemes (h. lior, j. clin. microbiol. 20:636-640, 1984; h. lior, d. l. woodward, j. a. edgar, l. j. laroche, and p. gill, j. clin. microbiol. 15:761-768, 1982). fifty-three (52.5%) of the isolates were campylobacter jejuni biotype i, 29 (28.7%) were c. jejuni biotype ii, 10 (9.9%) were campylobacter coli biotype i, and 9 (8.9%) were c. coli biotype i ... | 1986 | 3771772 |
| modified selective medium for isolation of campylobacter spp. from feces: comparison with preston medium, a blood-free medium, and a filtration system. | our previously described (h. goossens, m. de boeck, and j. p. butzler, eur. j. clin. microbiol. 2:389-393, 1983) selective medium, consisting of cefoperazone (15 mg/liter), rifampin (10 mg/liter), colistin (10,000 iu/liter), and amphotericin b (2 mg/liter) (medium m1), for the isolation of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli from stool specimens was modified as follows: cefoperazone (30 mg/liter), rifampin (10 mg/liter), and amphotericin b (2 mg/liter) (medium m2). a comparative study of ... | 1986 | 3771769 |
| association with hela cells of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolated from human feces. | we developed a rapid in vitro test for determining the association of campylobacter jejuni and c. coli with hela cells. association was expressed as a weighted mean of the number of bacteria associated with one cell in an association index (ai). the reproducibility of the ai was checked by repeating the test six times, using four strains chosen at random. means and standard deviations of the means were 7.3 +/- 1.2, 6.8 +/- 0.9, 1.8 +/- 1.2, and 0.1 +/- 0.2. the experimental conditions for which ... | 1986 | 3770943 |
| viable but nonculturable stage of campylobacter jejuni and its role in survival in the natural aquatic environment. | conditions influencing the survival of campylobacter jejuni in the natural aquatic environment have been determined. release of campylobacter spp. into natural waters by animal hosts is postulated to play a key role in the maintenance of viability and transmission of the organism in the environment. laboratory flask microcosms containing filter-sterilized stream water were used to test c. jejuni for the ability to remain viable in simulated natural systems. the microcosms were compared with the ... | 1986 | 3767358 |
| comparative efficacy of seven selective media for isolating campylobacter jejuni. | diarrheal stools from 263 patients were inoculated on seven selective media: butzler selective medium, blaser medium, skirrow blood agar, preston campylobacter selective medium, preston campylobacter blood-free medium, butzler virion medium, and modified preston medium (with amphotericin b [2 mg/liter]). a similar number of campylobacter jejuni strains were isolated from all the media studied; nevertheless, the presence of competing fecal flora (ff) made the detection of suspect colonies difficu ... | 1986 | 3760137 |
| the chicken embryo as a model for campylobacter invasion: comparative virulence of human isolates of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. | eleven-day-old chicken embryos were used to compare the relative virulence of minimally passaged human isolates of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. graded doses of bacteria were inoculated onto the chorioallantoic membrane, and 50% lethal doses were calculated at 72 h postinfection. strains varied markedly in their ability to invade the chorioallantoic membrane and kill the embryos. the 50% lethal doses varied by about 6 logs for 25 strains of c. jejuni, and by 2 logs for 5 strains o ... | 1986 | 3759232 |
| strain characterization and grouping of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli by interaction with lectins. | strains of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli were characterized and grouped by their distinct reaction patterns with lectins. heating of the campylobacter cultures to 100 degrees c and holding for 30 to 60 min greatly enhanced their reactivity with lectins and permitted the grouping of all but 3 of 155 cultures tested in this study without interference of autoagglutination and other nonspecific activities. the lectin reaction patterns of the heated cultures were stable and reproducible ... | 1986 | 3754264 |
| campylobacter infection associated with raw milk. an outbreak of gastroenteritis due to campylobacter jejuni and thermotolerant campylobacter fetus subsp fetus. | raw milk is identified with increasing numbers of outbreaks of gastroenteritis and is an important vehicle for transmission of campylobacter infection. unlike campylobacter jejuni, campylobacter fetus subsp fetus has not been associated with common-source outbreaks of gastroenteritis. this report describes an outbreak of gastroenteritis involving c jejuni and a thermotolerant strain of c fetus subsp fetus associated with raw milk. fifteen (39%) of 38 persons who attended a banquet in wisconsin i ... | 1986 | 3753617 |
| serotyping of campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus and c. fetus subsp. venerealis by passive hemagglutination technique based on soluble autoclaved antigens. | antigens for sensitization of sheep erythrocytes were released from c. fetus subsp. fetus and c. fetus subsp. venerealis suspensions by autoclaving in alkaline and neutral saline and by boiling in alkaline but not in neutral saline. serotyping with rabbit antisera showed the same two serotypes of o-antigens, a and b, as shown by tube agglutination of heated bacteria. all c. fetus subsp. venerealis strains had the a antigen. the c. fetus subsp. fetus strains tested had either the a or b antigen. ... | 1986 | 3751579 |
| [septicemia caused by campylobacter fetus ssp fetus introduced through the skin]. | 1986 | 3751441 | |
| [four cases of infection by campylobacter fetus ssp. fetus]. | 1986 | 3747211 | |
| campylobacter colitis in ranch mink in ontario. | outbreaks of colitis, where campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli were the only pathogens isolated occurred in weanling mink (mustella vision) on two commercial mink ranches in ontario. lesions were restricted to the proximal colon and were characterized by multiple 1 mm focal or 1 mm linear erosions/ulcers in the region 2 cm distal to the ileal-colonic junction. histological changes included thickening of the colonic mucosa, inflammatory cell infiltrate in the lamina propria and submucosa ... | 1986 | 3742356 |
| [septic arthritis caused by campylobacter fetus]. | the ten published cases of septic arthritis due to campylobacter fetus and two more recent cases, one of which was a delayed septic complication of a total hip replacement, are discussed. in 83% of cases, febrile monoarthritis occurred which in 7 out of the 12 cases involved an already diseased joint in a subject over 70 years of age (half of the patients), who was frequently alcoholic and presented either cancer or hepatic cirrhosis and/or diabetes. hyperleukocytosis of the blood was variable ( ... | 1986 | 3738380 |
| the nucleotide sequences of two trna genes from campylobacter jejuni. | 1986 | 3737410 | |
| natural campylobacter colonization in chickens raised under different environmental conditions. | a cross-sectional study of 447 laying hens (age range 0-65 weeks) and a longitudinal study of 164 similar birds showed that campylobacter jejuni was not present in the faeces of newly hatched chicks, but that colonization arose after 5-9 weeks. a survey of 250 broilers obtained from four breeders showed that all were negative for c. jejuni before and after slaughter at the age of 5 weeks. once c. jejuni had appeared in a flock, it rapidly spread to virtually all birds, but at the age of 42 weeks ... | 1986 | 3734424 |
| monoclonal antibodies directed against the flagella of campylobacter jejuni: cross-reacting and serotypic specificity and potential use in diagnosis. | nine monoclonal antibodies directed against the flagella of campylobacter jejuni strain 81116 have been investigated for serotypic and cross-reacting activity using a panel of 17 penner serotype strains of c. jejuni. four monoclonal antibodies were exclusively specific for serotype-6 strains, which was the serotype of c. jejuni strain 81116. two monoclonal antibodies cross-reacted with all the flagellated strains of c. jejuni tested. one of these cross-reacting monoclonal antibodies, cf5, was fo ... | 1986 | 3734423 |
| colonization and infection of athymic and euthymic germfree mice by campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus. | human clinical strains of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus colonized the gastrointestinal tracts of both athymic (nu/nu) and euthymic (+/nu) germfree mice (balb/c). viable campylobacter spp. (10(9) to 10(10) cfu/g [dry weight] of cecum and colon contents) were isolated on day 3 after oral challenge, and similar large numbers of viable cells were evident at several intervals during a 10-month experiment. the stomachs and upper small intestines of nu/nu and +/nu mice that ... | 1986 | 3733222 |
| enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for virulence properties of campylobacter jejuni clinical isolates. | to evaluate the capacity of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (elisas) to identify pathogenic strains among clinical fecal isolates of campylobacter jejuni, 40 consecutively obtained strains from 39 sick patients and 1 asymptomatic person were tested by respective elisas for enterotoxin production in culture filtrates and for the invasive virulence antigen of bacterial cells. of the 40 strains, 14 produced the enterotoxin; 15 strains, two of which were also enterotoxigenic, were invasive; and 1 ... | 1986 | 3711295 |
| susceptibility of campylobacter jejuni to strain-specific bactericidal activity in sera of infected patients. | campylobacter jejuni is a common cause of inflammatory enteritis, which in normal hosts is usually self-limited and resolves without antibiotic therapy. c. jejuni bacteremia is very rare. we examined sera for bactericidal activity that might be important in limiting the extent of c. jejuni infection in man. we studied the ability of nonimmune sera and homologous and heterologous immune sera from infected patients to kill different fresh case isolates of c. jejuni in vitro. the reduction of the l ... | 1986 | 3710581 |
| the cellular fatty acid composition of campylobacter species isolated from cases of enteritis in man and animals. | the cellular fatty acid composition of 41 strains of suspected campylobacter jejuni, 23 from human cases of gastroenteritis and 18 from animals, was examined by gas-liquid chromatography. three of the 23 human isolates and 2 of 18 animal isolates did not contain 19:0 cyclopropane fatty acid and were identified as c. laridis. the remaining 36 strains had cellular fatty acid profiles consistent with c. jejuni but could be divided into three groups on the ratio of the concentration of 18:1 and 19:0 ... | 1986 | 3701040 |
| the protection of infant mice from colonization with campylobacter jejuni by vaccination of the dams. | intraperitoneal vaccination of female mice, before mating, with a whole cell, heat-killed (62 degrees c) vaccine of campylobacter jejuni allowed the mother to confer immunity to her young, challenged orally 4-6 days after birth with the homologous strain. there was no protection against a strain of another serotype. heating the vaccine to 100 degrees c destroyed its protective properties. a vaccine prepared from an aflagellate variant of the original strain was as protective as the original vacc ... | 1986 | 3701036 |
| detection of pathogenic campylobacter species in blood culture systems. | because differences in recognition of campylobacter fetus and campylobacter jejuni in systemic infections may be due partially to differences in the ability to cultivate these organisms, we studied their growth characteristics in two widely used blood culture systems. in the roche septi-chek system (hoffman-la roche, inc., nutley, n.j.), over a broad range of inocula all strains were detected in broth within 2 days and on paddles within 3 days. in the bactec 6b aerobic bottles (johnston laborato ... | 1986 | 3700626 |
| survival of thermophilic campylobacters on fingertips and their elimination by washing and disinfection. | a simple impression-plate technique has been used to investigate the survival of four thermophilic campylobacter strains applied to fingertips. campylobacters suspended in 0.1% peptone water and dried on the fingertips survived for different periods of time ranging from less than 1 to greater than or equal to 4 min. however, campylobacters suspended in chicken liquor or blood survived for much longer periods. the most resilient organism was campylobacter jejuni nctc 11392 which, when suspended i ... | 1987 | 3678391 |
| [campylobacter fetus bursitis of the elbow]. | 1987 | 3672019 | |
| [morphological changes induced by ampicillin in campylobacter]. | morphologic changes in campylobacter fetus ssp. jejuni were evaluated as cultivated on thioglycollute broth, containing minimum of 0.1, 1.3 and 10 ampicillin minimal inhibitory concentration (mic). during the first four hours of incubation, no changes occurred in the presence of 0.1 mic; but with the rest of the ampicillin doses, even at the first hour, a proportion larger than 5% of filament-policurved forms was found, and it increased with the incubation time. the greatest number of altered ba ... | 1986 | 3671809 |
| problems in identification of campylobacter jejuni associated with acquisition of resistance to nalidixic acid. | in a patient with campylobacteriosis, we observed development of resistance to nalidixic acid and norfloxacin under adequate treatment with the latter antibiotic. isolates before and after treatment differed in their total protein profile but were otherwise identical with respect to enzymatic activity, serotype, crude membrane protein profiles, and other phenotypic characteristics. | 1987 | 3654954 |
| rapid and improved gas-liquid chromatography technique for detection of hippurate hydrolysis by campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. | a gas-liquid chromatographic method which requires no chloroform extraction of the split products has been investigated for the detection of hippurate hydrolysis by campylobacter spp. this technique gave better reproducibility than other tests also used in this study and allows the routine use of the gas-liquid chromatographic method for identification of campylobacter isolates. | 1987 | 3654950 |
| prevalence and characterization of hippurate-negative campylobacter jejuni in king county, washington. | a total of 593 strains of thermophilic campylobacter species were isolated either from humans with diarrhea or from poultry in king county, washington. of these strains, 98 (52 hippurate-positive strains and all 46 of the hippurate-negative strains) were selected for further phenotypic characterization and genetic classification. hippurate hydrolysis, the test typically used to differentiate campylobacter jejuni and c. coli, did not always correlate with the genetic classification. all hippurate ... | 1987 | 3654945 |
| naturally occurring auxotrophs of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. | the nutritional requirements for 439 campylobacter jejuni isolates and 46 campylobacter coli isolates were determined by using a previously described chemically defined medium, campylobacter defined medium. with this medium, 45% of both human and nonhuman c. jejuni isolates demonstrated auxotrophic requirements. none of the 46 c. coli isolates studied demonstrated requirements for amino acids on campylobacter defined medium. the most common auxotrophic requirement among c. jejuni isolates was fo ... | 1987 | 3654939 |
| production of a unique cytotoxin by campylobacter jejuni. | campylobacter jejuni is an important diarrheal pathogen worldwide; the mechanisms by which it causes disease remain unclear. because of its association with inflammatory diarrhea, we postulated that c. jejuni might produce a cytotoxin similar to that produced by shigella sp., enterohemorrhagic escherichia coli o157, or clostridium difficile. filtrates of 12 polymyxin-treated isolates of c. jejuni were placed on hela cells (sensitive to shiga toxin cytotoxicity) and chinese hamster ovary (cho) ce ... | 1987 | 3653987 |
| evaluation of gamma radiation levels for reducing pathogenic bacteria and fungi in animal sewage and laboratory effluents. | sewage samples collected from animal wastes and from effluents at an animal disease laboratory were inoculated with known numbers of pathogenic organisms and subjected to various doses of gamma radiation from a 60co source. surviving test organisms were quantitatively determined by selective and enrichment techniques. the experiment was modeled as a quantal assay in which probit analysis was applied to obtain d10 values. the d10 value represents the irradiating dose required to reduce the popula ... | 1987 | 3651881 |
| utilization of monoclonal antibodies to evaluate the involvement of campylobacter jejuni in proliferative ileitis in syrian hamsters (mesocricetis auratus). | the role of campylobacter jejuni in the pathogenesis of proliferative ileitis in syrian hamsters was evaluated with monoclonal antibodies of different specificities. monoclonal antibodies were produced with two different specificities: one for all members of the genus campylobacter tested (antibody 8322-2e6) and one for c. jejuni and campylobacter coli (antibodies 841-2a11, 841-4c6, and 841-5b1). heal sections from healthy hamsters, from hamsters with naturally occurring proliferative ileitis, a ... | 1987 | 3623701 |
| kinetics of anti-campylobacter jejuni monomeric and polymeric immunoglobulin a1 and a2 responses in serum during acute enteritis. | the intensity and kinetics of the serum polymeric and monomeric immunoglobulin a1 (iga1) and iga2 antibody responses to campylobacter jejuni were analyzed. a rapid and marked serum iga antibody response involving both the monomeric and polymeric components of iga was observed after c. jejuni infections. iga antibodies reached a peak of activity in serum during week 2 after the first symptoms of enteritis, about 10 days before the peak of igg activity. polymeric iga accounted for most of the anti ... | 1987 | 3611318 |
| atypical campylobacters associated with gastroenteritis. | nine strains of campylobacter species other than campylobacter jejuni, campylobacter coli, and campylobacter laridis were isolated from patients with acute diarrhea. all nine strains showed preferred growth at 37 degrees c under microaerophilic conditions. conventional microbiological tests and dna-dna dot blotting were used to identify these strains. three of the nine campylobacter strains hydrolyzed hippurate, reduced nitrate, produced catalase, were resistant to cephalothin, and were shown to ... | 1987 | 3611317 |
| isolation of campylobacter spp. from pigeon feces by a combined enrichment-filtration technique. | a technique combining enrichment in preston enrichment broth and direct filtration onto chocolate agar was used to isolate campylobacter species from pigeon feces. campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 106 of 200 samples tested; 105 strains were isolated by enrichment-filtration, and 84 strains were isolated by direct plating. most of the strains grew after 48 h at 37 degrees c. | 1987 | 3606114 |
| [right-sided endocarditis caused by campylobacter fetus]. | 1986 | 3602699 | |
| campylobacter jejuni in dairy cows and raw milk. | twelve herds of dairy cows were examined by rectal swabbing for the presence of campylobacter jejuni. ten herds were positive with the incidence of colonized animals ranging from 10 to 72% of those tested. with the exception of the two negative herds where mains water only was consumed, all animals drank from rivers or streams when grazing. there was no relationship between total and coliform counts and the presence of c. jejuni in raw milk. however, milk from one farm that consistently gave pos ... | 1987 | 3595744 |
| seasonal occurrence of campylobacter spp. in surface waters and their correlation with standard indicator bacteria. | campylobacter jejuni, campylobacter coli, and a campylobacter-like organism were isolated from a number of natural water sources in central washington, including ponds, lakes, and small mountain streams at elevations ranging from 1,460 to 5,400 feet (ca. 445 to 1,646 m) above sea level. at the two sites where extensive sampling was done, the bacteria were recovered throughout the year. generally, the recovery rates were highest in the fall and winter months and lowest during the spring and summe ... | 1987 | 3579268 |
| campylobacter-associated appendicitis: prevalence and clinicopathologic features. | to determine the prevalence of campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni-associated appendicitis, we studied, retrospectively, by means of immunohistochemistry, the appendectomy specimens of 116 consecutive patients, operated upon because of suspected acute appendicitis. we found immunohistochemical evidence of campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni infection in three patients. these findings were confirmed by electron microscopy. based upon these three cases and five additional appendectomy specimen ... | 1987 | 3574983 |
| intestinal mucus gel and secretory antibody are barriers to campylobacter jejuni adherence to int 407 cells. | an in vitro mucus assay was developed to study the role of mucus gel and secretory immunoglobulin a (siga) in preventing attachment of campylobacter jejuni to int 407 cells. an overlay of rabbit small intestinal mucus was found to impede the attachment of c. jejuni to a monolayer of int 407 cells. mucus from rabbits previously colonized with c. jejuni was found to completely inhibit bacterial adherence to the underlying cells. anti-campylobacter siga was readily detected in mucus samples from pr ... | 1987 | 3570473 |
| [infections caused by campylobacter fetus]. | 1987 | 3561577 | |
| variations in the virulence, for pregnant guinea pigs, of campylobacters isolated from man. | pregnant guinea pigs were used to compare the virulence of four human isolates of campylobacter fetus ss. fetus and four of c. jejuni on the basis of their ability to cause abortion and bacteraemia. of the four strains of c. fetus ss. fetus two produced abortion readily after intramuscular injection. the four c. jejuni isolates were, however, of comparatively low virulence and no differences between them were demonstrated. some of the isolates differed in their ability to survive in vitro in hum ... | 1987 | 3560189 |
| susceptibility of campylobacter jejuni and yersinia enterocolitica to uv radiation. | two enteric pathogens, campylobacter jejuni and yersinia enterocolitica serogroup o:3, together with escherichia coli, were investigated for susceptibility to uv radiation at 254 nm. the uv dose required for a 3-log reduction (99.9% inactivation) of c. jejuni, y. enterocolitica, and e. coli was 1.8, 2.7, and 5.0 mws/cm2, respectively. using e. coli as the basis for comparison, it appears that c. jejuni and y. enterocolitica serogroup o:3 are more sensitive to uv than many of the pathogens associ ... | 1987 | 3551844 |
| direct immunofluorescence microscopy for rapid screening of campylobacter enteritis. | diagnostic use of a direct fluorescent-antibody test for detection of campylobacter jejuni and c. coli in human fecal specimens (n = 497) was compared with detection by culturing (specificity, 99.7%; sensitivity, 40%). conjugates were prepared from immunoglobulin g antibody against 22 lior c. jejuni and c. coli reference strains (h. lior, d. l. woodward, j. a. edgar, l. j. laroche, and p. gill, j. clin. microbiol. 15:761-768, 1982). interestingly, the serotypes of cultures tested by the direct f ... | 1986 | 3533990 |
| pathogenesis of campylobacter spp. in athymic and euthymic germfree mice. | adult athymic (nu/nu) and euthymic (+/nu) germfree balb/c mice were orally challenged with pure cultures of campylobacter jejuni (human clinical fecal strains) and a human blood isolate of campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus. after a period of adaptation to the mouse intestinal tract, all three c. jejuni strains caused disease in gnotobiotic mice. mouse-adapted, weakly cytotoxic c. jejuni 45100 consistently induced disease symptoms (transient diarrhea, cecal shrinkage, and acute inflammatory change ... | 1986 | 3525411 |
| abortion and perinatal sepsis associated with campylobacter infection. | fetal loss or neonatal sepsis associated with campylobacter infection during pregnancy is infrequently recognized. as reported herein, one case of premature labor and neonatal sepsis due to campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus was treated successfully with ampicillin and gentamicin. only 19 similar cases have been cited in the literature. a review of these 19 cases reveals that the campylobacter species involved were probably c. fetus subspecies fetus in nine instances, campylobacter jejuni in n ... | 1986 | 3523697 |
| antigenicity of campylobacter jejuni flagella. | we studied the antigenicity of a wild-type flagellate and motile (f+m+) campylobacter jejuni strain (81116) and two daughter mutants, one flagellate and immotile (f+m-) and one aflagellate and immotile (f-m-). by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of acid-extracted surface proteins, a 63-kilodalton (kda) band identified from sheared flagella as the flagellar protein was present in the f+m+ and f+m- strains but not in the f-m- strain. no other differences in protein profile ... | 1986 | 3522430 |
| enrichment for detection of campylobacter jejuni. | gifu anaerobe-modified semisolid medium supplemented with vancomycin, polymyxin b, trimethoprim, and amphotericin b can serve as an efficient enrichment for the recovery of campylobacter jejuni under aerobic conditions. it is superior to the direct plating method in its recovery of very small numbers of c. jejuni. blood supplementation, agitation, and elevated temperatures are not required for this improved recovery. | 1986 | 3519661 |
| two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography for the specific detection of hippurate hydrolysis by microorganisms. | glycine, one of the end products of hippurate hydrolysis by microorganisms, was detected by a rapid, specific technique utilizing two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. a loopful of growth of each organism from its suitable agar medium was washed, suspended, and incubated with 0.1% sodium hippurate for 30 min at 37 degrees c. the supernatant of the incubated suspension from each organism was then dansylated, and the dansyl derivatives were separated by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatograp ... | 1986 | 3517036 |
| lipopolysaccharide structures of campylobacter fetus are related to heat-stable serogroups. | to determine whether lipopolysaccharide (lps) structures of campylobacter fetus are related to the three known heat-stable serogroups, proteinase k-treated whole cell lysates obtained from strains of each serogroup were electrophoresed in polyacrylamide gels. all strains had smooth-type lps with multiple high-molecular-weight repeating units. the profiles of serogroup a from c. fetus subsp. fetus and from c. fetus subsp. venerealis were identical, but they were different from those of c. fetus s ... | 1986 | 3510169 |
| the demonstration of the k-antigen of campylobacter fetus venerealis using a microtitre agglutination test. | using specific antisera prepared against heat-treated and untreated cells in a microtitre system, 7 strains of campylobacter fetus venerealis were examined for the presence of k-antigen. the technique was effective for distinguishing between strains and it was found that 4 out of 7 isolates contained microcapsules, therefore being potentially suitable for vaccine production. | 1987 | 3444618 |
| bovine abortion due to campylobacter fetus. | 1987 | 3439950 | |
| laboratory and clinical evaluation of isolation media for campylobacter jejuni. | six selective isolation media were evaluated for their ability to support the growth of campylobacter jejuni. colony counts of 70 isolated strains of c. jejuni and recovery studies on these strains in simulated positive feces samples demonstrated that bolton and hutchinson' charcoal, cefoperazone, deoxycholate agar and karmali's charcoal-based selective medium produced the highest recovery rates with the greatest suppression of other fecal flora. c. jejuni colonies were more easily recognized on ... | 1987 | 3429621 |
| structural and biochemical analyses of a surface array protein of campylobacter fetus. | electron microscopic examination of ultrathin sections and freeze-etched and shadow cast preparations of a bovine prepuce isolate of campylobacter fetus vc119 showed an s layer with subunits in an apparent linear arrangement. surface radioiodination, enzyme digestion, low-ph extraction, and western immunoblotting showed that the layer was composed mainly of one protein which is the predominant protein antigen of c. fetus. this protein was purified to homogeneity by gel filtration, ion-exchange c ... | 1988 | 3410826 |
| improved blood free selective medium for isolating campylobacter jejuni from faecal specimens. | 1988 | 3385002 | |
| vaccination of pregnant guinea pigs with campylobacter fetus: effects of antigen dose, campylobacter strain, and adjuvant type. | for the purpose of developing and improving vaccines to protect cattle against bovine genital campylobacteriosis, the interaction of vaccine dose, strain(s) of campylobacter fetus, and type of adjuvant was studied in the pregnant guinea pig model. five strains of c fetus were used in the preparation of 20 monovalent vaccines containing various doses of bacteria (0.1 mg to 20 mg, dry weight) in freund incomplete adjuvant, freund complete adjuvant, or aluminum hydroxide gel adjuvant. vaccinal prot ... | 1988 | 3377303 |
| small-scale dna preparation for rapid genetic identification of campylobacter species without radioisotope. | a simplified and rapid genetic identification method for campylobacter species without radioisotope was established. three different amounts of dna (200, 50, and 12.5 ng) extracted from each type strain of campylobacter species with standard marmur's procedure were spotted on a nitrocellulose filter. dna obtained from one ml bacterial suspension at a concentration of mcfarland standard turbidity no. 1 of campylobacter fetus, c. jejuni, c. coli, and c. pylori isolates were sufficiently labeled wi ... | 1988 | 3374408 |
| the immune system response to campylobacter infection. | campylobacter may be one of the most common causes of bacterial gastroenteritis (ge) in children. it has recently been suggested that it is one of the bacterial pathogens most likely to infect immune-compromised children, and it may facilitate colonization of enteric pathogens. the immune system response was studied in 12 children with campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni (cbj) infections. serum concentrations of iga, igm, and igg were analyzed using a beckman auto-analyzer. sera specific ab to ... | 1988 | 3374406 |
| chemotactic behavior of campylobacter jejuni. | the chemotactic behavior of campylobacter jejuni was determined in the presence of different amino acids, carbohydrates, organic acids, and preparations and constituents of mucin and bile. l-fucose was the only carbohydrate and l-aspartate, l-cysteine, l-glutamate, and l-serine were the only amino acids producing a chemotactic (positive) response. several salts of organic acids, including pyruvate, succinate, fumarate, citrate, malate, and alpha-ketoglutarate, were also chemoattractants, as were ... | 1988 | 3372020 |
| cryopreservation studies of campylobacter. | seven strains of campylobacter fetus ss. fetus, one of campylobacter fetus ss. venerealis, and one of campylobacter jejuni were preserved using a variety of cryopreservation methods. organisms were frozen to -150 degrees c in a liquid nitrogen refrigerator, in the freezer compartment of a refrigerator (-20 degrees c), and in a mechanical freezer (-65 degrees c). in the latter two cases, viabilities of the organisms were compared after being frozen in brucella albimi broth and 10% glycerol. viabi ... | 1988 | 3371059 |
| pathogenesis of campylobacter fetus infections. failure of encapsulated campylobacter fetus to bind c3b explains serum and phagocytosis resistance. | campylobacter fetus ssp. fetus strains causing systemic infections in humans are highly resistant to normal and immune serum, which is due to the presence of high molecular weight (100,000, 127,000, or 149,000) surface (s-layer) proteins. using serum-resistant parental strains (82-40 lp and 23d) containing the 100,000-mol wt protein and serum-sensitive mutants (82-40 hp and 23b) differing only in that they lack the 100,000-mol wt protein capsule, we examined complement binding and activation, an ... | 1988 | 3366901 |
| purification and characterization of a family of high molecular weight surface-array proteins from campylobacter fetus. | a variety of gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria possess crystalline surface layers, although little is known of their function. we previously have shown that the high molecular weight surface-array proteins of campylobacter fetus are important in both the pathogenicity and antigenicity of this organism. for biochemical and immunological characterization, we purified high molecular weight (100,000, 127,000, 149,000) surface-array proteins from three c. fetus strains using sequential gel fil ... | 1988 | 3360785 |
| campylobacter jejuni antibodies in nigerian children. | titers of complement-fixing (cf) antibody to campylobacter jejuni were demonstrated in 87 (36.7%) of 237 infants 6 to 15 months old in jos, nigeria. of the total number of children examined, 81 had acute diarrhea and 27 of them (33.3%) were found to have cf antibodies in their serum. the remaining 156 children were asymptomatic, and 60 (38.4%) of them had cf antibodies. in the diarrheal group, 27 of 75 children 6 to 8 months old were cf antibody positive. there was no significant difference in t ... | 1988 | 3356797 |
| characterization of freshly isolated campylobacter coli strains and suitability of selective media for their growth. | typical and atypical campylobacter strains were isolated from the colons of cattle and swine by techniques that enabled the selective pressures of antibiotics to be avoided. some cephalothin-susceptible strains and a strain with an indeterminate hippurate reaction were classified as campylobacter coli by dna homology testing. tetracycline-resistant isolates were obtained from animals with no recorded exposure to antibiotics. a selection of 12 c. coli and 6 c. jejuni strains was used to determine ... | 1988 | 3356790 |
| concurrent bovine virus diarrhoea virus and campylobacter fetus infection in an aborted bovine fetus. | 1988 | 3354166 | |
| infertility in cattle in south-west scotland caused by an 'intermediate' strain of campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus (formerly campylobacter fetus intestinalis). | 1988 | 3345413 | |
| evaluation of the campyslide agglutination test for confirmatory identification of selected campylobacter species. | the utility of a rapid latex slide agglutination test (campyslide; bbl microbiology systems, cockeysville, md.) in detecting selected campylobacter spp. was evaluated and compared with that of conventional identification methods. isolated colonies suggestive of campylobacter spp. were tested directly from primary selective media after incubation at 42 degrees c under microaerophilic conditions. stock cultures of campylobacter jejuni (n = 27) and c. coli (n = 3) were correctly confirmed to the ge ... | 1988 | 3343315 |
| characterization of an unclassified microaerophilic bacterium associated with gastroenteritis. | four isolates of an unclassified microaerophilic bacterium resembling campylobacter species were characterized by growth requirements, microscopic examination, biochemical characteristics, antimicrobial susceptibility tests, and protein profile analysis. the unclassified isolates were differentiated from campylobacter jejuni, campylobacter coli, campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus, campylobacter laridis, campylobacter pylori, and an ovine isolate. the bacterium was fusiform shaped with a corrugated ... | 1988 | 3343302 |
| enteropathogens associated with acute infantile diarrhoea in cape town. | the results of a year-long controlled study on the causation of acute infectious diarrhoea in infants are reported. campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni, rotavirus and certain enteropathogenic escherichia coli (epec) types were identified as the most common enteropathogens. shigella, salmonella group b and yersinia enterocolitica were significant but less common pathogens. campylobacter, rotavirus, the significant epec types and shigella infections were more frequent in the warm summer and autu ... | 1988 | 3340928 |
| experimental colonization of broiler chicks with campylobacter jejuni. | minimal colonization inocula for two broiler strains of campylobacter jejuni were determined in broiler chicks aged 2-3 days and 2 weeks. individually housed chicks were exposed to a single oral or cloacal challenge. diarrhoeal symptoms were absent in all 380 chicks included in the study. chick susceptibility to the two c. jejuni strains varied. colonization was effected by less than 10(2)-10(4) colony forming units (c.f.u.) via cloacal challenge and 10(4)-10(6) c.f.u. via the oral route. coloni ... | 1988 | 3338504 |
| the extent of surface contamination of retailed chickens with campylobacter jejuni serogroups. | eighty-two chickens purchased at 11 retailers (supplied by 12 wholesalers) in the south of england were cultured for campylobacter jejuni by a method involving total immersion. the organism was isolated from 22 (48%) of 46 fresh birds, 12 of 12 uneviscerated (new york dressed) birds, but only 1 of 24 frozen birds. viable counts of up to 1.5 x 10(6)/chicken were obtained from fresh birds and 2.4 x 10(7)/chicken from uneviscerated birds. surface swabbing of breasts, thighs, wings and vents of fres ... | 1988 | 3338503 |
| mucosal and systemic immunity to campylobacter jejuni in rabbits after gastric inoculation. | the mucosal and systemic immune responses to campylobacter jejuni were studied in rabbits receiving gastric inoculation with live organisms. a lavage procedure was used to facilitate repeated monitoring of the intestinal immune response to c. jejuni. immunity to c. jejuni was determined by secondary challenge by using the removable intestinal tie adult rabbit diarrhea (ritard) model and monitoring for resistance to colonization and bacteremia. oral-gastric inoculation of normal rabbits produced ... | 1988 | 3335413 |
| a comparative study of the growth of campylobacter fetus strains in liquid media. | the growth of c. fetus fetus, c. fetus venerealis and c. fetus venerealis biotype intermedius was examined in 10 liquid media. from the data obtained, a 10% inoculum size and an oxygen level of 6% seemed imperative for consistent growth, especially for the c. fetus venerealis strain. a lowered redox potential obtained by the addition of 0, 1% cysteine-hc1 to the media was stimulatory. the medium which yielded the best growth was the one described by dennis & jones (1959). the fastidious c. fetus ... | 1987 | 3328136 |
| meningitis due to campylobacter fetus intestinalis in a kidney transplant recipient. a case report. | a 47-year-old man developed campylobacter fetus intestinalis meningitis 3 years after cadaver renal transplantation. the infection was successfully controlled with chloramphenicol followed by erythromycin. there were no relapses during the past 5 years and the allograft function remains normal. the available evidence suggests that the campylobacter sepsis was associated with nutritional therapy, the patient received in a mexican clinic. the present case is reported because of its clinical import ... | 1987 | 3324765 |
| expression of campylobacter jejuni invasiveness in cell cultures coinfected with other bacteria. | enteroinvasive salmonella, shigella, and escherichia coli strains were found to exert an effect which rendered campylobacter jejuni capable of intracellular localization in epithelial cells in vitro. when monolayers of hep-2 or a-549 cells were challenged with pure cultures of c. jejuni or campylobacter coli, none of the eight strains tested invaded the cells. in contrast, four of these strains were able to localize intracellularly when the cells were challenged with a mixture of campylobacters ... | 1987 | 3312015 |
| structural and antigenic properties of lipopolysaccharides from serotype reference strains of campylobacter jejuni. | to investigate the molecular basis for heat-stable antigenic diversity in campylobacter jejuni, lipopolysaccharides (lpss) from serotype reference strains and serotyped isolates were examined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis coupled with silver staining and immunoblotting. by silver staining, only low-mr components, consisting of one major band and as many as three minor bands ranging in mr from 4,500 to 5,000, were detected. however, by immunoblotting with homologous ... | 1987 | 3301678 |
| multiple enteric pathogens in a patient with diarrhoea. | a woman who recently arrived in canada from india developed a febrile, diarrhoeal illness. stool culture revealed the presence of salmonella typhi, campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni and shigella flexneri. concurrent infection with these three pathogens does not appear to have been previously reported. the possibility of multiple pathogens should be considered in travellers who fail to respond to treatment of a single organism. | 1987 | 3299934 |
| acid and alkaline campylobacter extracts in the demonstration of antibody response in hyperimmunized rabbits. | acid and alkaline extracts from several campylobacter strains were used as antigens in enzyme immunoassay (eia). antibodies were detected in rabbits immunized with formalin-treated, boiled, or autoclaved whole bacteria of different campylobacter subspecies. for the preparation of the extracts, three campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis strains, three campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus strains, four campylobacter coli, and five campylobacter jejuni strains were used. the acid extracts of campyloba ... | 1987 | 3296648 |
| campylobacter fetus endocarditis on a prosthetic heart valve. | campylobacter fetus infection in man is rare. few cases of campylobacter endocarditis have been described, and none have been associated with a prosthetic heart valve. we have reported a case of campylobacter fetus ssp fetus on a prosthetic mitral valve in a 48-year-old woman who was treated successfully with penicillin and streptomycin (and later with gentamicin). replacement of the prosthetic valve was done because of stenosis and vegetations. pathologic examination showed vegetations on a cal ... | 1988 | 3287646 |
| high-voltage electroporation of bacteria: genetic transformation of campylobacter jejuni with plasmid dna. | electroporation permits the uptake of dna by mammalian cells and plant protoplasts because it induces transient permeability of the cell membrane. we investigated the utility of high-voltage electroporation as a method for genetic transformation of intact bacterial cells by using the enteric pathogen campylobacter jejuni as a model system. this report demonstrates that the application of high-voltage discharges to bacterial cells permits genetic transformation. our method involves exposure of a ... | 1988 | 3277182 |
| paediatric campylobacter diarrhoea from household exposure to live chickens in lima, peru. | although campylobacter jejuni is a frequent enteropathogen in cases of paediatric diarrhoea in developing countries, its route of transmission is not well understood. an age-matched, case-control study of children with c. jejuni diarrhoea was therefore carried out in lima, peru, from january 1983 to april 1986 to identify the risk factors and vehicles of transmissions. as cases, 104 children less than 3 years of age were selected and compared with controls of the same age with non-gastrointestin ... | 1988 | 3262442 |
| role of the 92.5-kilodalton outer membrane protein of campylobacter jejuni in serological reactions. | outer membrane proteins from 12 strains of campylobacter jejuni were examined by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and immunoblotting with rabbit antisera prepared against formalin-treated cell suspensions of three of the strains. the 92.5-kilodalton protein was confirmed to be a minor outer membrane protein and exhibited serological heterogeneity. serological specificities of the proteins, however, were found not to correlate with serotypic specificities of the strains, ... | 1988 | 3230126 |
| trichomoniasis and campylobacteriosis in bulls in the republic of transkei. | trichomonas foetus was demonstrated in 23/87 (26.4%) and campylobacter fetus in 25/87 (28.7%) of bulls tested in transkei. a total of 16/87 (18.39%) of bulls tested were positive for both trichomonas foetus and campylobacter fetus. bulls from 14 sites in transkei were tested and trichomonas foetus was isolated at 9 of these sites. campylobacter fetus was isolated at 10 of the 14 sites. the results indicate that both trichomonas foetus and campylobacter fetus are widespread throughout the cattle ... | 1988 | 3199409 |
| nosocomial meningitis due to campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus in a neonatal intensive care unit. | 1988 | 3197739 | |
| is enrichment culture necessary for isolating campylobacter jejuni from faeces? | 1988 | 3192739 | |
| detection of two different kanamycin resistance genes in naturally occurring isolates of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. | a total of 225 isolates of campylobacter jejuni and 54 isolates of campylobacter coli were screened for resistance to kanamycin. among these, five resistant isolates of c. jejuni and six resistant isolates of c. coli, all with different plasmid patterns, were identified. each contained at least one plasmid greater than or equal to 41 kilobases in size. the mic of kanamycin for all 11 strains was determined to be greater than or equal to 256 micrograms/ml by an agar dilution method. in addition, ... | 1988 | 3190204 |
| infection with campylobacter coli and campylobacter fetus in a patient on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. | 1988 | 3183412 | |
| isolation of campylobacter jejuni from the bile of a cholecystic patient. | described is the isolation of campylobacter jejuni from the bile of a cholecystic patient admitted for abdominal pain to an intensive care unit. a cholecystectomy was performed, and the patient responded to erythromycin therapy. details of this uncommon isolation are given. | 1988 | 3183005 |
| campylobacters in man and the environment in hull and east yorkshire. | campylobacter organisms isolated from water samples taken weekly from ponds and land-drains in the city of hull were compared with isolates from humans. of 314 campylobacter organisms isolated from patients, 237 (75.5%) of the strains were identified as typical campylobacter jejuni, whilst of 125 identified strains isolated from the water samples, 85 (68%) resembled c. jejuni in most respects but were hippurate hydrolysis negative by the hwang and ederer method. the ponds and land drains in the ... | 1988 | 3181312 |
| [purulent pericarditis caused by campylobacter fetus ssp fetus]. | 1985 | 3157173 | |
| [isolation of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from feces and transport media during a diarrhea epidemic]. | 1985 | 3155666 | |
| [clinico-bacteriological study of diarrhea caused by campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus]. | 1986 | 3095456 | |
| [two cases of campylobacter fetus meningitis]. | 1986 | 3095453 | |
| lipopolysaccharide structures in enterobacteriaceae, pseudomonas aeruginosa, and vibrio cholerae are immunologically related to campylobacter spp. | to determine whether lipopolysaccharide (lps) structures of campylobacter species are immunologically related to those of 11 other gram-negative organisms, we immunoblotted from polyacrylamide gels the lps of these strains with immune rabbit serum raised against six campylobacter jejuni strains and two campylobacter fetus strains. the lps studied were from salmonella minnesota wild type and ra to re mutants, salmonella typhi, escherichia coli, yersinia enterocolitica, vibrio cholerae, and pseudo ... | 1986 | 3079730 |