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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2001, p. 762-764, Vol. 39, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.762-764.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Flagella as a Potential Marker for Campylobacter jejuni Strains Associated with Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Raymond S. W. Tsang,1 Guillermo Figueroa,2 Louis Bryden,1 and Lai-King Ng1,*

National Microbiology Laboratory, Population and Public Health Branch, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada,1 and Microbiology Unit, Institute for Nutrition and Food Technology, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile2

Received Recieved 7 August 2000/Returned for modification 13 September 2000/Accepted 18 October 2000

Campylobacter jejuni recovered from patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in different geographical locations and bearing different heat-labile and heat-stable antigens were found to have identical amino acid sequences in their flagellar flaA short variable region, suggesting that it may be a potentially useful marker for GBS association.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: National Laboratory for Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Population and Public Health Branch, Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Rm. H2380, 1015 Arlington St., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 3R2. Phone: (204) 789-2131. Fax: (204) 789-2140. E-mail: Lai_King_Ng{at}hc-sc.gc.ca.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 2001, p. 762-764, Vol. 39, No. 2
0095-1137/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.2.762-764.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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