In this issue of Virulence, the authors of the article entitled “Virulence genes and cytokine profile in systemic murine Campylobacter coli infection” utilized a mouse model in order to explore the pathogenic mechanisms and cytokine responses involved in Campylobacter coli (C. coli) systemic infections. The clinical isolate C. coli 26536 was first analyzed for the presence of known virulence ge...