Routine identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli from human stool samples.

Abstract:

:Correct identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli isolates to the species or subspecies level is a cumbersome but nevertheless important task for a routine diagnostic laboratory. The widely used biochemical tests might be often misleading while more sophisticated phenotypic or genotypic methods are not generally available. This investigation was performed to assess the performance of common biochemical identification in comparison with species-specific PCR and gas liquid chromatography of whole cell fatty acid extracts (GLC). A total of 150 consecutive isolates from human stool samples were investigated (134 C. jejuni ssp. jejuni, 14 C. coli, two Helicobacter pullorum). From these 144, 145 and 149 isolates were correctly identified by biochemistry, GLC and PCR, respectively. Biochemical identification of all C. jejuni isolates was confirmed by PCR. GLC detected both H. pullorum strains but misidentified two C. coli strains as C. jejuni and one C. jejuni strain as C. coli. No single method can be defined as 'gold standard' for identification of C. jejuni and C. coli but a combination of techniques is needed. Therefore a stepwise identification scheme starting with biochemical reactions is suggested. All results other than C. jejuni should be confirmed by further methods. For indoxyl acetate-positive isolates species-specific PCR is recommended while GLC seems to be advantageous in indoxyl acetate-negative isolates.

journal_name

FEMS Microbiol Lett

authors

Steinbrueckner B,Haerter G,Pelz K,Kist M

doi

10.1111/j.1574-6968.1999.tb08732.x

keywords:

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1999-10-15 00:00:00

pages

227-32

issue

2

eissn

0378-1097

issn

1574-6968

pii

S0378-1097(99)00416-4

journal_volume

179

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