Campylobacter jejuni isolates in Finnish patients differ according to the origin of infection.docVIP

Feodoroffetal.GutPathogens2010,2:22 /content/2/1/22 RESEARCH OpenAccess CampylobacterjejuniisolatesinFinnishpatients differaccordingtotheoriginofinfection BenjaminFeodoroff1*,PatrikEllstr?m2,HeidiHyyti?inen3,SeppoSarna4,Marja-LiisaH?nninen3,HilpiRautelin1,2,5 Abstract Background:Campylobacterjejuniisasignificantcauseofbacterialenteritisworldwide.Verylittleisknownabout thepathogenicitymechanismsandvirulencefactorsofthisimportantenteropathogen.C.jejuniisolatesfrom166 Finnishpatients,collectedfromJulytoDecemberin2006,werestudiedforthepresenceofputativevirulence factorsandsusceptibilitytoantimic