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Risk factors for indigenous Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli infections in The Netherlands: a case-control studyY Doorduyn
Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit, Netherlands Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute of Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Epidemiol Infect 138:1391-404. 2010A case-control study comprising 1315 Campylobacter jejuni cases, 121 Campylobacter coli cases and 3409 frequency-matched controls was conducted in The Netherlands in 2002-2003. Risk factors for both C. jejuni and C...
Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli genotyping by high-resolution melting analysis of a flaA fragmentShreema Merchant-Patel
Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Queensland, Australia
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:493-9. 2010The highly variable flagellin-encoding flaA gene has long been used for genotyping Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. High-resolution melting (HRM) analysis is emerging as an efficient and robust method for discriminating DNA ..
Typing of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from live broilers and retail broiler meat by flaA-RFLP, MLST, PFGE and REP-PCRMegan Behringer
Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA
J Microbiol Methods 84:194-201. 2011..Further studies using different C. jejuni and C. coli strains may expand our understanding of the benefits and limitations of each of these typing methods for epidemiological studies of Campylobacter spp...
The in vivo efficacy of two administration routes of a phage cocktail to reduce numbers of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni in chickensCarla M Carvalho
Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710 057 Braga, Portugal
BMC Microbiol 10:232. 2010..b>Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni are the most common Campylobacter species associated with this disease...
Molecular characterization of katA from Campylobacter jejuni and generation of a catalase-deficient mutant of Campylobacter coli by interspecific allelic exchangeK A Grant
Institute of Food Research, Reading Laboratory, UK
Microbiology 141:1369-76. 1995..by insertion of a tetracycline-resistance marker and the modified sequence then introduced into a strain of Campylobacter coli via natural transformation. Genetic and enzymic analyses of a tetracycline-resistant C...
DNA identification and characterization of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from caecal samples of chickens in GrenadaR S Miller
Department of Poultry Science, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA
J Appl Microbiol 108:1041-9. 2010..To speciate Campylobacter strains from the caeca of chickens in Grenada using PCR and to evaluate DNA-based typing methods for the characterization of these isolates...
Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from cattle between 2002 and 2006 in FrancePierre Châtre
Agence Francaise de Securite Sanitaire des Aliments, 31 avenue Tony Garnier, 69364 Lyon, France
J Food Prot 73:825-31. 2010..The results underline a notable increase in the resistance to fluoroquinolones in C. jejuni from cattle that may be of significant importance for public health...
The occurrence and characterization of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli in organic pigs and their outdoor environmentA N Jensen
Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, Department of Microbiological Food Safety, Bulowsvej 27, DK 1790 Copenhagen V, Denmark
Vet Microbiol 116:96-105. 2006..Furthermore, transfer of C. jejuni to the outdoor pigs from the nearby environment was not predominant according to the subtype dissimilarities of the obtained isolates...
Host association of Campylobacter genotypes transcends geographic variationSamuel K Sheppard
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, United Kingdom
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:5269-77. 2010..approach to the provenance of the reference data sets used, a collection of 742 Campylobacter jejuni and 261 Campylobacter coli isolates obtained from United Kingdom-sourced chicken meat was established and typed by multilocus sequence ..
Multiplex PCR for identification of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni from pure cultures and directly on stool samplesSøren Persson
Department of Bacteriology, Mycology and Parasitology, National Reference Laboratory for Enteropathogenic Bacteria, Unit of Gastrointestinal Infections, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark
J Med Microbiol 54:1043-7. 2005..specifically designed for application in routine diagnostic laboratories, was developed for the detection of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni...
Evolution of an agriculture-associated disease causing Campylobacter coli clade: evidence from national surveillance data in ScotlandSamuel K Sheppard
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 5:e15708. 2010The common zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter coli is an important cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide but its evolution is incompletely understood...
Campylobacters as zoonotic pathogens: a food production perspectiveTom Humphrey
University of Bristol, Division of Veterinary Pathology, Infection and Immunity, School of Clinical Veterinary Sciences, The Churchill Building, Langford, Bristol BS40 5DU, United Kingdom
Int J Food Microbiol 117:237-57. 2007..There is also a need to better understand the reasons why campylobacters are capable of frequent change, particularly in the expression of surface antigens...
Genomic insights into the convergence and pathogenicity factors of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli speciesAlejandro Caro-Quintero
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 0512, USA
J Bacteriol 191:5824-31. 2009..that not only may the former be true but also, in fact, the clearly distinct Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli species may be converging as a consequence of increased interspecies gene flow fostered, presumably, by the ..
Development and evaluation of immunochromatographic assay for simple and rapid detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in human stool specimensKentaro Kawatsu
Division of Bacteriology, Osaka Prefectural Institute of Public Health, 3 69, Nakamichi 1 chome, Higashinari ku, Osaka 537 0025, Japan
J Clin Microbiol 46:1226-31. 2008..When cell suspensions of 86 C. jejuni strains and 27 Campylobacter coli strains were treated with a commercially available bacterial protein extraction reagent and the resulting ..
Heterogeneity of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli strains from healthy sheepMehmet Nuri Açik
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Firat, 23119 Elazig, Turkey
Vet Microbiol 115:370-5. 2006..jejuni and C. coli were successfully subtyped by flaA typing. Of 203 isolates tested, 48 different flaA types were found. Twenty-six flaA types were identified among C. jejuni isolates and the remaining 22 from C. coli isolates...
News and notes: An atypical Campylobacter coli exhibiting unusual morphologyRichard L Ziprin
United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Feed Safety Research Unit, Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, 2881 F and B Road, College Station, Texas 77845, USA
Curr Microbiol 51:161-3. 2005b>Campylobacter coli cells are characterized by a comma, or spiral shape, and a single polar flagellum. Here we report stable spontaneous changes in morphology to an aflagellated straight rod...
Extended sequence typing of Campylobacter spp., United KingdomKate E Dingle
John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
Emerg Infect Dis 14:1620-2. 2008..975 to 0.992 among 620 clinical isolates from Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. This enhanced typing scheme enabled identification of clusters and retained data required for long-range epidemiologic comparisons of isolates...
Trends of norfloxacin and erythromycin resistance of Campylobacter jejuni/Campylobacter coli isolates recovered from international travelers, 1994 to 2006Erika R Vlieghe
Department of Clinical Sciences, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium
J Travel Med 15:419-25. 2008..Campylobacter sp. is a major cause of bacterial enterocolitis and travelers' diarrhea. Empiric treatment regimens include fluoroquinolones and macrolides...
Influxed insects as vectors for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in Danish broiler housesB Hald
National Veterinary Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Hangøvej 2, DK 8200, Arhus N, Denmark
Poult Sci 87:1428-34. 2008The vector potential of flies (Diptera: Brachycera) for spread of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli on 5 Danish broiler farms was evaluated in a longitudinal field study from April to November 2004. First, the prevalence of C...
Comparison of the localization and post-translational modification of Campylobacter coli CjaC and its homolog from Campylobacter jejuni, Cj0734c/HisJAgnieszka Wyszyńska
Department of Bacterial Genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Warsaw University, Warszawa, Poland
Acta Biochim Pol 54:143-50. 2007..The CjaC localization is host-dependent. Despite being a lipoprotein, CjaC is recovered in E. coli from the periplasmic space whereas in Campylobacter it is anchored to the inner membrane...
Genetic characterisation of the cjaAB operon of Campylobacter coliAgnieszka Wyszyńska
Department of Bacterial Genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Warsaw University, 02 096 Warsaw, Miecznikowa 1, Poland
Pol J Microbiol 55:85-94. 2006We investigated the regulation of the cjaA and cjaB genes of Campylobacter coli. These genes are seemingly arranged into one operon but appear to encode functionally different proteins i.e...
Optimization of PCR-based methods for rapid detection of Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli and Yersinia enterocolitica serovar 0:3 in wastewater samplesMaria Alexandrino
Department of Microbial Ecology, Technical University Berlin, Faculty III, Franklinstrasse 29, Sekretariat OE5, 10587 Berlin, Germany
Water Res 38:1340-6. 2004..The developed PCR methods enable the detection of C. jejuni/coli, Y. enterocolitica serogroup 0:3 and E. faecalis within 12h. They show specificity, reproducibility and low detection limits for the investigated pathogens...
Fitness cost of fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuniSalman Zeitouni
Mycoplasmology and Bacteriology Unit, French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, Ploufragan, France
Microb Drug Resist 17:171-9. 2011..the fitness cost of fluoroquinolone resistance was evaluated in vitro, on food matrices, and in vivo, using Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni in vitro selected mutants...
A real-time multiplexed PCR assay for rapid detection and differentiation of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coliMichael J LaGier
New York State Department of Health, Wadsworth Center Axelrod Institute, 120 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208, USA
Mol Cell Probes 18:275-82. 2004..coli in 100% of fecal samples containing 10(3) colony-forming units (CFU) per gram of feces. This assay represents the first real-time PCR method capable of detecting and differentiating C. jejuni and C. coli in a single reaction...
Evaluation of the ProSpecT Microplate Assay for detection of Campylobacter: a routine laboratory perspectiveA Dediste
Department of Microbiology, Saint Pierre University Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Clin Microbiol Infect 9:1085-90. 2003..new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, the ProSpecT Campylobacter Microplate Assay (Alexon-Trend, Minneapolis, MN, USA), which allows 2-h detection of both Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli antigen directly in stool specimens.
Comparison of real-time PCR assays for detection, quantification, and differentiation of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli in broiler neck skin samplesA Schnider
Institute of Veterinary Bacteriology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
J Food Prot 73:1057-63. 2010We tested the use of multiplex real-time PCR for detection and quantification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli on broiler carcass neck skin samples collected during 2008 from slaughterhouses in Switzerland...
Campylobacter coli: prevalence and antimicrobial resistance in antimicrobial-free (ABF) swine production systemsWondwossen A Gebreyes
Department of Population Health and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 4700 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA
J Antimicrob Chemother 56:765-8. 2005..In the ABF system, antimicrobials are neither used for growth promotion nor therapeutic purposes...
Drinking water as the source of Campylobacter coli infection in grandparent heavy breedersDavid Pérez-Boto
Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro Nacional de Microbiologia, Servicio de Bacteriologia, Laboratorio de Campylobacter, Majadahonda, Madrid, Spain
Avian Pathol 39:483-7. 2010The aim of the present study was the molecular identification of a common source of infection of Campylobacter coli in two grandparent breeder farms. Campylobacter jejuni and C...
Differential effects of temperature on natural transformation to erythromycin and nalidixic acid resistance in Campylobacter coliJoo Sung Kim
North Carolina State University, Department of Food Science, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:6121-5. 2008Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are naturally competent, but limited information exists on the impact of environmental conditions on transformation...
Development of real-time PCR and hybridization methods for detection and identification of thermophilic Campylobacter spp. in pig faecal samplesA N Jensen
Department of Microbiological Food Safety, Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark
J Appl Microbiol 99:292-300. 2005..To develop a real-time (rt) PCR for species differentiation of thermophilic Campylobacter and to develop a method for assessing co-colonization of pigs by Campylobacter spp...
Quantification and differentiation of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in raw chicken meats using a real-time PCR methodJoonbae Hong
Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University, Sillim dong, Gwanak Gu, Seoul 151 742, Korea
J Food Prot 70:2015-22. 2007..73 and 0.78. The real-time PCR assay developed in this study is useful for screening for the presence and simultaneous differential quantification of C. jejuni and C. coli...
Rapid detection and differentiation of pathogenic Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli by real-time PCRMarwan Abu-Halaweh
Microbial Gene Research and Resources Facility, Eskitis Institute and School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Sciences, Griffith University, Nathan, Brisbane 4111, Australia
Res Microbiol 156:107-14. 2005..assay, developed in a LightCycler, was used to detect, identify and differentiate Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from all other pathogenic members of the family Campylobacteriaceae...
Effect of putative efflux pump inhibitors and inducers on the antimicrobial susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coliMinna Hannula
Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
J Med Microbiol 57:851-5. 2008The CmeABC efflux pump plays an important role in the antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. The aim of this investigation was to study the effect of putative efflux pump inhibitors, phenyl-arginine-beta-..
Molecular diversity of Campylobacter coli and C. jejuni isolated from pigs at slaughter by flaA-RFLP analysis and ribotypingJ E Moore
Department of Bacteriology, Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Belfast City Hospital, UK
J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health 49:388-93. 2002..Such data may useful in determining epidemiological routes of transmission of campylobacters from animal to animal, as well as helping to identify virulence determinants in persistent subtype populations...
Diversity of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from broiler chickens in FranceM Denis
French Agency for Food Safety, Research Laboratory on Poultry, Swine and Fish, BP53, 22440 Ploufragan, France
Poult Sci 87:1662-71. 2008..Out of 513 isolates, 315 were identified as Campylobacter jejuni and 198 as Campylobacter coli. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis analysis revealed 35 genotypes for C. jejuni and 43 genotypes for C...
Microbial evolution: stalking the wild bacterial speciesW Ford Doolittle
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 1X5
Curr Biol 18:R565-7. 2008..But, for bacteria, 'species' remains undefined and undefinable...
Clonal population structure and specific genotypes of multidrug-resistant Campylobacter coli from TurkeysC B D'Lima
North Carolina State University, Department of Food Science, Campus Box 2764, Raleigh, NC 27695 2764
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:2156-64. 2007Commercial turkey flocks in North Carolina have been found to be colonized frequently with Campylobacter coli strains that are resistant to several antimicrobials (tetracycline, streptomycin, erythromycin, kanamycin, and ciprofloxacin/..
In vitro genotypic variation of Campylobacter coli documented by pulsed-field gel electrophoretic DNA profiling: implications for epidemiological studiesS L On
Danish Veterinary Laboratory, Copenhagen V, Denmark
FEMS Microbiol Lett 165:341-6. 1998Six isolates of Campylobacter coli from different pig herds were subcultured up to 50 times over a 6-month period and DNA samples suitable for pulsed-field gel electrophoretic (PFGE) profiling prepared at regular (1, 20, 40 and 50 ..
Isolation and molecular analysis of colonising and non-colonising strains of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli following experimental infection of young chickensV Korolik
Department of Applied Biology and Biotechnology, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Vet Microbiol 60:239-49. 1998Fourteen-day-old chickens were inoculated with selected Campylobacter coli and C. jejuni strains. C...
Development of a cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) gene-based species-specific multiplex PCR assay for the detection and identification of Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter fetusMasahiro Asakura
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 52:260-6. 2008..species-specific multiplex PCR assay for the detection of cdtA, cdtB or cdtC gene of Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli or Campylobacter fetus, respectively, was developed and evaluated with 76 Campylobacter strains belonging to ..
Isolation of Campylobacter and identification by PCRMark D Englen
Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, Richard B. Russell Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Services, USDA, Athens, GA, USA
Methods Mol Biol 216:109-21. 2003
Evaluation of an enzyme immunoassay-based stool antigen test to detect Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coliPäivi Tissari
Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, FIN 00014 Helsinki, Finland
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 58:171-5. 2007..Campylobacter; R-Biopharm, Darmstadt, Germany) was evaluated for the detection of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in 1050 clinical stool samples as compared with culture on selective medium...
Spondylodiscitis and an aortic aneurysm due to Campylobacter coliXavier Lemaire
Department of Infectious Diseases, CH Dron Tourcoing, France
Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob 9:8. 2010b>Campylobacter coli is a rare cause of bacteremia. We report here the first case of C.coli spondylodiscitis complicated by an aortic aneurysm. Outcome was favourable with surgery and antibiotic therapy.
Comparative performance of different PCR assays for the identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coliLies Debruyne
Department of Biochemistry, Physiology and Microbiology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ledeganckstraat 35, B 9000 Ghent, Belgium
Res Microbiol 159:88-93. 2008The sensitivity and specificity of 7 PCR assays described for the identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli were examined using alkaline cell lysates from a collection of 100 well characterized reference strains of C...
Antibiotic resistance and resistance mechanisms in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coliDavid A Alfredson
St John of God Pathology, Geelong, Vic, Australia
FEMS Microbiol Lett 277:123-32. 2007Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli are recognized as the most common causative agents of bacterial gastroenteritis in the world and infections with these organisms occur more frequently than do infections due to Salmonella ..
A case-case comparison of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni infection: a tool for generating hypothesesIain A Gillespie
Public Health Laboratory Service Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London, United Kingdom
Emerg Infect Dis 8:937-42. 2002..We used case-case analysis to compare cases of Campylobacter coli infection with cases of C...
Genotyping of broiler-originated Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates using fla typing and random amplified polymorphic DNA methodsHasan Basri Ertaş
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Firat, 23119 Elazig, Turkey
Int J Food Microbiol 94:203-9. 2004..were inoculated onto Preston Enrichment broth and agar for selective isolation of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. The isolates were identified by both conventional and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods...
Relapsing cellulitis associated with Campylobacter coli bacteremia in an agammaglobulinemic patientKoichi Tokuda
Department of Pediatrics, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan
Pediatr Infect Dis J 23:577-9. 2004b>Campylobacter coli rarely causes bacteremia or extraintestinal infection. We report herein a case of agammaglobulinemia in which cellulitis associated with C. coli bacteremia relapsed after a disease-free interval of >5 years...
Extended multilocus sequence typing system for Campylobacter coli, C. lari, C. upsaliensis, and C. helveticusWilliam G Miller
USDA, ARS, WRRC, Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, 800 Buchanan St, Albany, CA 94710, USA
J Clin Microbiol 43:2315-29. 2005..upsaliensis and C. helveticus. Thus, the expanded MLST method will prove useful in differentiating strains of five Campylobacter species, identifying mixed Campylobacter cultures, and detecting genetic exchange within the genus...
Role of the plasmid-encoded tet(O) gene in tetracycline-resistant clinical isolates of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coliJavid Iqbal Dasti
Institute of Medical Microbiology, University of Gottingen, D 37075 Gottingen, Germany
J Med Microbiol 56:833-7. 2007..jejuni, including seven atypical isolates that failed to hydrolyse hippurate, and nine isolates (11 %) as Campylobacter coli. Tetracycline resistance was detected in six out of nine Campylobacter coli isolates (67 %) and 13 out of 74 ..
Free-range layer chickens as a source of Campylobacter bacteriophageCatherine M Loc Carrillo
Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 92:275-84. 2007..This study showed that Campylobacter bacteriophage could easily be isolated from free-range chickens and form part of their normal microbiological biota of environmentally exposed birds...
Comparison of Campylobacter populations in wild geese with those in starlings and free-range poultry on the same farmF M Colles
Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3SY, United Kingdom
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:3583-90. 2008....
Emerging fluoroquinolone and macrolide resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates and their serotypes in Thai children from 1991 to 2000O Serichantalergs
Department of Enteric Diseases, Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Phayathai, Bangkok, Thailand
Epidemiol Infect 135:1299-306. 2007..fluoroquinolone, macrolide resistances and serotype distributions among Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from children in Bangkok and rural settings during 1991-2000...
Comparative analysis of cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) genes among Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli and C. fetus strainsMasahiro Asakura
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 599 8531, Japan
Microb Pathog 42:174-83. 2007The cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) gene clusters of Campylobacter coli strain Co1-243 and C. fetus strain Col-187 were cloned and sequenced to understand the importance of Cdt as a virulence factor. The cdt genes of C. coli and C...
Two distinct mutations in gyrA lead to ciprofloxacin and nalidixic acid resistance in Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni isolated from chickens and beef cattleT W Jesse
Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Athens, GA 30605-2720, USA
J Appl Microbiol 100:682-8. 2006..of this study was to identify point mutations in the gyrA quinolone resistance determining region (QRDR) of Campylobacter coli (n = 27) and Campylobacter jejuni (n = 26) that confer nalidixic acid (NAL) resistance without conferring ..
Identification of host-associated alleles by multilocus sequence typing of Campylobacter coli strains from food animalsWilliam G Miller
Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Albany, CA 94710, USA
Microbiology 152:245-55. 2006b>Campylobacter coli is a food-borne pathogen associated increasingly with human gastroenteritis. C. coli has a high prevalence in swine, but is isolated also from cattle and poultry...
Differentiation of campylobacter populations as demonstrated by flagellin short variable region sequencesRichard J Meinersmann
USDA ARS, Richard J Russell Research Center, P O Box 5677, Athens, GA 30604 5677, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:6368-74. 2005..coli. It is evident that recombination within the flaA SVR occurs rapidly. However, the rate of migration between populations appears to limit the distribution of sequences and results in a weakly clonal population structure...
Convergence of Campylobacter species: implications for bacterial evolutionSamuel K Sheppard
Departments of Zoology and Statistics, University of Oxford, Peter Medawar Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3SY, UK
Science 320:237-9. 2008..of genetic exchange that show two closely related zoonotic pathogenic species, Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, are converging as a consequence of recent changes in gene flow...
Effect of preslaughter events on prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in market-weight turkeysIrene V Wesley
Pre Harvest Food Safety and Enteric Diseases Research Unit, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center, P O Box 70, Ames, Iowa 50010, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:2824-31. 2005..and holding at an abattoir, on the prevalence of Campylobacter species, including Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, were examined...
Multilocus sequence typing performed on Campylobacter coli isolates from humans, broilers, pigs and cattle originating in DenmarkE Litrup
Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen S, Denmark
J Appl Microbiol 103:210-8. 2007To assess whether Campylobacter coli isolated from different sources in Denmark constitute separate populations.
Single or double mutational alterations of gyrA associated with fluoroquinolone resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coliR Bachoual
, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Henri Mondor, , France
Microb Drug Resist 7:257-61. 2001..of gyrA mutations in seven fluoroquinolone-resistant French clinical isolates of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. Three of the five isolates of C. jejuni and the two isolates of C...
Inaccuracy of routine susceptibility tests for detection of erythromycin resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coliM T Van Der Beek
Department of Medical Microbiology, Centre of Infectious Diseases, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden
Clin Microbiol Infect 16:51-6. 2010..both an increase in and regional differences in erythromycin resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli have been reported...
High-resolution genotyping of Campylobacter strains isolated from poultry and humans with amplified fragment length polymorphism fingerprintingB Duim
Department of Bacteriology, Institute for Animal Science and Health, 8200 AB Lelystad, The Netherlands
Appl Environ Microbiol 65:2369-75. 1999..amplification of restriction fragments of chromosomal DNA, for genetic typing of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli strains derived from humans and poultry...
Localized reversible frameshift mutation in the flhA gene confers phase variability to flagellin gene expression in Campylobacter coliS F Park
School of Biological Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, GU2 5XH, United Kingdom
J Bacteriol 182:207-10. 2000Phase variation of flagellin gene expression in Campylobacter coli UA585 was correlated with high-frequency, reversible insertion and deletion frameshift mutations in a short homopolymeric tract of thymine residues located in the N-..
Application of a group II Campylobacter bacteriophage to reduce strains of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli colonizing broiler chickensAyman El-Shibiny
Division of Food Sciences, School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Loughborough, Leicestershire LEI2 5RD, UK
J Food Prot 72:733-40. 2009..Using phage to reduce Campylobacter colonization in poultry offers the prospect of a sustainable intervention measure that may limit the entry of these pathogens into the human food chain...
Spatiotemporal homogeneity of Campylobacter subtypes from cattle and sheep across northeastern and southwestern ScotlandOvidiu Rotariu
School of Biological Sciences, Cruickshank Building, St Machar Drive, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UU, United Kingdom
Appl Environ Microbiol 75:6275-81. 2009..201) were categorized as sequence type (ST), as clonal complex (CC), and as Campylobacter jejuni or Campylobacter coli using multilocus sequence typing (MLST)...
Identification and molecular epidemiology of Campylobacter coli isolates from human gastroenteritis, food, and animal sources by amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis and Penner serotypingB L Siemer
Danish Institute for Food and Veterinary Research, , DK-1790 Copenhagen V, Denmark
Appl Environ Microbiol 71:1953-8. 2005b>Campylobacter coli is an infrequently studied but important food-borne pathogen with a wide natural distribution...
23S rRNA gene mutations contributing to macrolide resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coliScott R Ladely
Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, Richard B Russell Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U S Department of Agriculture, Athens, Georgia 30605 2720, USA
Foodborne Pathog Dis 6:91-8. 2009The genetic basis of macrolide resistance in Campylobacter coli (n = 17) and C...
Development and application of a new scheme for typing Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli by PCR-based restriction fragment length polymorphism analysisFeng Shi
Department of Biotechnology and Environmental Biology, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Bundoora West Campus, Bldg 223 Level 1, Plenty Road, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia
J Clin Microbiol 40:1791-7. 2002A molecular typing approach for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli was developed with restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of a 9.6-kb PCR-amplified portion of the lipopolysaccharide gene cluster...
Campylobacter hyoilei Alderton et al. 1995 and Campylobacter coli Véron and Chatelain 1973 are subjective synonymsP Vandamme
Laboratory of Microbiology, University of Ghent, Belgium
Int J Syst Bacteriol 47:1055-60. 1997..hyoilei were indistinguishable from Campylobacter coli strains...
A multiplex polymerase chain reaction for the differentiation of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from a swine processing facility and characterization of isolates by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and antibiotic resistance profilesOrla M Cloak
Microbial Food Safety Research Unit, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038, USA
J Food Prot 65:266-73. 2002..Campylobacter species, a specific but undefined gene of Campylobacter jejuni, and the ceuE gene of Campylobacter coli. Further characterization of these isolates was established by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) ..
Detection and typing of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli and analysis of indicator organisms in three waterborne outbreaks in FinlandMarja Liisa Hänninen
Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, University of Helsinki, PO Box 57, 00014 Helsinki University, Finland
Appl Environ Microbiol 69:1391-6. 2003..This combination reliably verified similarity or dissimilarity of C. jejuni isolates from patient samples, from drinking water, and from other environmental sources, thus confirming the likely reservoir of an outbreak...
Fluorescent amplified fragment length polymorphism genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli strains and its relationship with host specificity, serotyping, and phage typingKatie L Hopkins
Specialist and Reference Microbiology Division, Health Protection Agency, London NW9 5HT, United Kingdom
J Clin Microbiol 42:229-35. 2004..fragment length polymorphism (FAFLP) analysis was applied to 276 Campylobacter jejuni strains and 87 Campylobacter coli strains isolated from humans, pigs, cattle, poultry, and retail meats to investigate whether certain FAFLP ..
Evaluation of genetic markers and molecular typing methods for prediction of sources of Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli infectionsRauni Kärenlampi
Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, P O Box 66, FI 00014 University of Helsinki, and HUSLAB, Helsinki University Central Hospital Laboratory, Finland
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:1683-5. 2007..Human isolates showed 5.7 and 61% overlap with cattle and poultry isolates, respectively, by use of PFGE. No unambiguous association was found between marker genes (the Cj1321 and Cj1324 genes) and livestock-associated isolates...
Dissemination of fluoroquinolone-resistant Campylobacter spp. within an integrated commercial poultry production systemUmelaalim Idris
Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:3441-7. 2006..69:6816-6824, 2003). The sequences exhibited high levels of similarity to Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli sequences, suggesting that chickens can carry Campylobacter at a very young age. Campylobacter sp...
Effect of conventional and organic production practices on the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp. in poultryTaradon Luangtongkum
Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio State University, 1920 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 72:3600-7. 2006..Findings from this study clearly indicate the influence of conventional and organic poultry production practices on antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter on poultry farms...
Antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter from broilers: association with production type and antimicrobial useLaetitia Avrain
, , BP 53, F-22440 Ploufragan, France
Vet Microbiol 96:267-76. 2003The isolation and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli strains from broilers arriving in French slaughterhouses, were analysed according to production types (i.e...
Genotyping of Campylobacter coli and C. jejuni from retail chicken meat and humans with campylobacteriosis in Slovenia and Bosnia and HerzegovinaT Zorman
University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Food Science and Technology, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1111 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Int J Food Microbiol 110:24-33. 2006..jejuni) on one side and a limited power of the genotyping methods used to distinguish non-related strains on the other side (mainly for C. coli)...
Antibiotic resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli clinical isolates from PolandSebastian Wardak
National Institute of Hygiene, Department of Bacteriology, 24 Chocimska Street, 00 791 Warsaw, Poland
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:1123-5. 2007We tested 102 Campylobacter jejuni and 6 Campylobacter coli clinical isolates from Poland. All were susceptible to erythromycin. Among the tested C. jejuni isolates 55.9% and 13...
Comparison of antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from humans and chicken carcasses in PolandElzbieta Rozynek
Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, The Children s Memorial Health Institute, 04 730 Warsaw, Poland
J Food Prot 71:602-7. 2008..conducted to analyze the prevalence and genetic background of resistance of 149 Campylobacter jejuni and 54 Campylobacter coli strains isolated from broiler chicken carcasses and from stool samples of infected children in Poland from ..
Detection of thermotolerant Campylobacter in ostriches (Struthio camelus) in ItalyAlessandra Cuomo
Dipartimento di Patologia e Sanita Animale, Facolta di Medicina Veterinaria, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Via Delpino, 1, 80137 Napoli, Italy
Vet J 174:439-41. 2007..Among the isolates, 48 were identified as Campylobacter jejuni whereas the remainder were identified as Campylobacter coli. Campylobacter lari was not isolated...
Study on the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. from chicken meat in Hanoi, VietnamQuynh Huong Luu
National Institute of Veterinary Research, Hanoi, Vietnam
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1081:273-5. 2006..The most frequently isolated Campylobacter was Campylobacter jejuni (45.2%) followed by Campylobacter coli (25.8%)...
Antimicrobial resistance and plasmid profiles of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from human and animal sourcesM H C Aquino
Instituto de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Lett Appl Microbiol 34:149-53. 2002The purpose of this study was to determine the susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates to antimicrobial agents and to investigate the presence of plasmid DNA.
Dissemination of antimicrobial resistant strains of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni among cattle in Washington State and CaliforniaWonki Bae
Department of Microbiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and School of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Vet Microbiol 122:306-15. 2007The purpose of this study was to investigate the genetic similarity of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli with similar antimicrobial resistance phenotypes, isolated from cattle on different farms and at different times, in order ..
Fla-DGGE analysis of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in cecal samples of broilers without cultivationHristo Najdenski
Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research ILVO, Technology and Food Unit, Brusselsesteenweg 370, Melle, Belgium
Vet Microbiol 127:196-202. 2008..jejuni and Campylobacter coli in cecal samples of broilers without prior cultivation. One C. coli and 21 C...
Development of macrolide-resistant Campylobacter in broilers administered subtherapeutic or therapeutic concentrations of tylosinScott R Ladely
U S Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Bacterial Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Resistance Research Unit, Richard B Russell Agricultural Research Center, 950 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605 2720, USA
J Food Prot 70:1945-51. 2007..and subtherapeutic concentrations of tylosin on the erythromycin susceptibility of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolated from the ceca of treated broilers...
Role of poultry meat in sporadic Campylobacter infections in Bosnia and Herzegovina: laboratory-based studySelma Uzunovic-Kamberovic
Cantonal Public Health Institution Zenica, Laboratory for Clinical and Sanitary Microbiology, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croat Med J 48:842-51. 2007To investigate genetic diversity and specificity of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli strains isolated from humans, retail poultry meat, and live farm chickens in Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and identify the ..
Genotyping of thermotolerant Campylobacter from poultry slaughterhouse by amplified fragment length polymorphismG Johnsen
National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway
J Appl Microbiol 103:271-9. 2007..To examine the occurrence, diversity and transmission of Campylobacter in a poultry slaughterhouse...
Biotyping of Campylobacter strains isolated in Lagos, Nigeria using the modified Preston biotypeS I Smith
Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos
Z Naturforsch C 52:259-63. 1997..This method highlights the usefulness of this technique in the biotyping of local strains, however, when the two schemes are used in combination they give excellent typing results suitable for epidemiological purposes...
Campylobacter-induced interleukin-8 responses in human intestinal epithelial cells and primary intestinal chick cellsErika Borrmann
Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Institute of Molecular Pathogenesis, Naumburger Str 96 a, D 07743 Jena, Germany
Vet Microbiol 124:115-24. 2007....
Effect of macrolide usage on emergence of erythromycin-resistant Campylobacter isolates in chickensJun Lin
Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, 1116 Veterinary Medicine Complex, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 51:1678-86. 2007..to examine the development and mechanisms of erythromycin (Ery) resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. In vitro plating revealed that both Campylobacter species had similar but low spontaneous mutation ..
Phenotypes and genotypes of campylobacter strains isolated after cleaning and disinfection in poultry slaughterhousesM B Peyrat
Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments AFSSA, Laboratoire d études et de recherches sur les médicaments vétérinaires et les désinfectants BP 90203 La Haute Marche, 35302 Fougeres Cedex, France
Vet Microbiol 128:313-26. 2008..Understanding the survival mechanisms of Campylobacter should facilitate the implementation of better-targeted strategies and reduce the public health burden associated with Campylobacter infection...
Real-time PCR approach for detection of environmental sources of Campylobacter strains colonizing broiler flocksAnne M Ridley
Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Woodham Lane, Addlestone, Surrey KT15 3NB, United Kingdom
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:2492-504. 2008..The strategy may also have wider applications for the tracking of specific campylobacter strains in heavily contaminated environments...
Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in cattle in Finland and antimicrobial susceptibilities of bovine Campylobacter jejuni strainsMarjaana Hakkinen
Finnish Food Safety Authority, Mustialankatu 3, Helsinki FI 00790, Finland
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:3232-8. 2007..1% of fecal samples and in 3.5% of carcass surface samples. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 19.5%, Campylobacter coli from 2.2%, and presumptive Campylobacter hyointestinalis from 10.8% of fecal samples...
Genetic diversity of the Campylobacter genes coding immunodominant proteinsD P Pawelec
Institute of Microbiology, Warsaw University, Nowy OEwiat 67, 00 046, Warsaw, Poland
FEMS Microbiol Lett 185:43-9. 2000..Most of the observed nucleotide substitutions occurred at the third base of the codons. This observation is consistent with the results of Western blot experiments...
Antimicrobial susceptibilities of Campylobacter strains isolated from broilers in the southern part of Japan from 1995 to 1999T Chuma
Department of Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University, Japan
J Vet Med Sci 63:1027-9. 2001..A high frequency of quinolone-resistance was found in both C. jejuni and C. coli, whereas a high level of EM-resistance was found in only C. coli strains. All C. jejuni isolates were sensitive to EM...
Prevalence and strain diversity of thermophilic campylobacters in cattle, sheep and swine farmsB Oporto
Department of Animal Health, NEIKER Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain
J Appl Microbiol 103:977-84. 2007..To determine prevalence and strain diversity of thermophilic campylobacters in healthy ruminants and swine...
Harmonised monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella and Campylobacter isolates from food animals in the European UnionS Bronzwaer
Clin Microbiol Infect 14:522-33. 2008..reporting scheme for Salmonella in fowl (Gallus gallus), turkeys and pigs, and for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in broiler chickens...
Amplified fragment length polymorphism, serotyping, and quinolone resistance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli strains from chicken-related samples and humans in TaiwanShao W Fang
Division of Food Microbiology, Bureau of Food and Drug Analysis, Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
J Food Prot 69:775-83. 2006..Campylobacter jejuni isolates from chicken-related samples (n = 32) and humans (n = 27) as well as between Campylobacter coli isolates from chicken-related samples (n = 27) and humans (n = 5)...
The physiology of Campylobacter species and its relevance to their role as foodborne pathogensSimon F Park
School of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
Int J Food Microbiol 74:177-88. 2002..The aim of this review is to outline the unusual physiology of campylobacters (C. jejuni and C. coli) and to describe how this influences their role as foodborne pathogens...
Occurrence and genotypes of Campylobacter in broiler flocks, other farm animals, and the environment during several rearing periods on selected poultry farmsClaudio Zweifel
Institute for Food Safety and Hygiene, Vetsuisse Faculty University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 272, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
Int J Food Microbiol 125:182-7. 2008..Amongst the positive samples, 228 tested positive for Campylobacter jejuni and 92 for Campylobacter coli. Positive samples originated from broilers, the broiler houses, cattle, pigs, bantams, laying hens, a horse, ..
Research Grants
- Analysis of Campylobacter coli Lipooligosaccharide Core DiversityMARGARET KANIPES; Fiscal Year: 2006..of the core oligosaccharide of LOS and its role in pathogenesis in the emerging food borne pathogen, Campylobacter coli. The broad, long term objective of this proposal is to further understand the assembly of the Campylobacter ..
- Glycosylation of Campylobacter flagellaPatricia Guerry; Fiscal Year: 2007..Flagellin from C. jejuni strain 81-176 and Campylobacter coli strain VC167 are glycosylated at 19 and 16 serine or threonine residues, respectively, with a 9 carbon sugar ..
- SIALYLATED SURFACE ANTIGENS OF CAMPYLOBACTER SPPPatricia Guerry; Fiscal Year: 2001..Guerry and colleagues, in a first amendment to a new R01 application, propose to study the genetics of Campylobacter coli and C. jejuni genes responsible for post-translational glycosylation of flagellin...
- Mechanisms of antibiotic efflux in CampylobacterQijing Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2007..The findings will help to identify potential molecular targets for the control and treatment of antibiotic resistant Campylobacter. ..
- Mechanisms of antibiotic efflux in CampylobacterQijing Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2007..The findings will also help to identify potential molecular targets for the control and treatment of antibiotic resistant Campylobacter. ..
- Pathogenesis of Campylobacter enteritis:MICHAEL KONKEL; Fiscal Year: 2005..jejuni, and will be useful in the development of intervention and control methods to reduce the number of cases of human campylobacteriosis. ..
- Mechanisms of antibiotic efflux in CampylobacterQijing Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2005..jejuni and may open new avenues for the design of effective means to prevent and treat antibiotics-resistant Campylobacter. ..
- Mechanisms of antibiotic efflux in CampylobacterQijing Zhang; Fiscal Year: 2010..The findings will also help to identify potential molecular targets for the control and treatment of antibiotic resistant Campylobacter. ..
