The Serotype and Biotype Distribution of Clinical Isolates of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli over a Three-Year Period
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- 1 February 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 147 (2) , 243-246
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/147.2.243
Abstract
Two hundred eighty-five isolates of Campylobacter jejuni-Campylobacter coli from children with gastroenteritis at The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto, Canada) over a three-year period were biotyped by the hippurate hydrolysis test and serotyped on the basis of thermostable, soluble antigens by the passive hemagglutination technique. Hippurate-negative strains (C. coil) were only 3.2% of the isolates. Ninety-seven percent of the isolates were serotypable with 55 antisera. About half of the strains belonged to one of four serotypes (2, 4, 3, or 1); about three-quarters belonged to one of 10 serotypes. Serotype 2 was consistently the commonest serotype in each of the three years of the study, accounting for 15%–20% of all isolates tested.Keywords
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