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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3926-3928, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3926-3928.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Molecular Typing of Campylobacter jejuni Isolates Involved in a Neonatal Outbreak Indicates Nosocomial Transmission

José Llovo,1 Estíbaliz Mateo,2 Angeles Muñoz,3 María Urquijo,2 Stephen L. W. On,4 and Aurora Fernández-Astorga2*

Servicio de Microbiología, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, 15706 Santiago de Compostela,1 Departamento de Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña,3 Departamento de Inmunología, Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad del País Vasco, E-01080 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain,2 Danish Veterinary Institute, DK-1790 Copenhagen V, Denmark4

Received 19 December 2002/ Returned for modification 28 March 2003/ Accepted 1 May 2003

Genotypic typing by restriction fragment length polymorphism and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis showed that two neonates in a neonatal ward were infected with the same Campylobacter jejuni strain. Isolates from the mother and brother of the index patient were identical to each other but distinct from the neonatal type. Genotyping results therefore suggested that the neonatal C. jejuni infection was nosocomial in origin.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departamento de Inmunología, Microbiología y Parasitología, Facultad de Farmacia (UPV/EHU), Apdo. 450, E-01080 Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Phone: 34 945 013909. Fax: 34 945 013014. E-mail: oipfeasa{at}vf.ehu.es.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, August 2003, p. 3926-3928, Vol. 41, No. 8
0095-1137/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.8.3926-3928.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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