DETECTION OF CAMPYLOBACTER-JEJUNI CAMPYLOBACTER-COLI INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH GUILLAIN-BARRE-SYNDROME BY SEROLOGY AND CULTURE

Authors
HARIHARAN H NASEEMA K KUMARAN C SHANMUGAM J NAIR MD RADHAKRISHNAN K
Citation
H. Hariharan et al., DETECTION OF CAMPYLOBACTER-JEJUNI CAMPYLOBACTER-COLI INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH GUILLAIN-BARRE-SYNDROME BY SEROLOGY AND CULTURE, The New microbiologica, 19(3), 1996, pp. 267-271
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
The New microbiologica
ISSN journal
11217138 → ACNP
Volume
19
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
267 - 271
Database
ISI
SICI code
1121-7138(1996)19:3<267:DOCCII>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Serum samples from 43 cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), 32 non-G BS neurology patients, and 35 healthy persons from a medical institute in Kerala, India, were tested for antibody levels against a Campyloba cter jejuni strain Penner serotype 0:19 by agglutination and ELISA. Tw enty-six percent of samples from GBS cases showed high antibody levels in all assays. Of 8 stool samples of new GBS cases examined by cultur e, 38% were positive for C. jejuni/C. coli. The results suggest that a t least a quarter of GBS cases studied were associated with Campylobac ter infection.