Comparative genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni strains from patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome in Bangladesh.

BACKGROUND: Campylobacter jejuni is a common cause of acute gastroenteritis and is associated with post-infectious neuropathies such as the Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) and the Miller Fisher syndrome (MFS). We here present comparative genotyping of 49 C. jejuni strains from Bangladesh that were rec...

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Main Authors: Zhahirul Islam, Alex van Belkum, Jaap A Wagenaar, Alison J Cody, Albert G de Boer, Helen Tabor, Bart C Jacobs, Kaisar A Talukder, Hubert P Endtz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2748714?pdf=render