Flagella as a potential marker for Campylobacter jejuni strains associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome.

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  • R S Tsang
  • G Figueroa
  • L Bryden
  • L Ng
چکیده

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.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of clinical microbiology

دوره 39 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2001