Campylobacters, Helicobacters, and Related Organisms

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Summary of Workshop....Pages 1-5
Summary of Workshop....Pages 7-8
Summary of Workshop....Pages 9-12
Comparison of Selective Media for Primary Isolation of Campylobacters....Pages 13-18
Comparison of the Productivity of a Variety of Selective Media for Campylobacter and Arcobacter Species....Pages 19-23
Isolation of Pure Populations of Helicobacter heilmannii -like Bacteria....Pages 25-31
Long- and Short-Term Storage of Helicobacter pylori in Gastric Biopsies....Pages 33-36
Comparison of Staining Techniques for Detecting Gastric Helicobacters in Tissue Sections....Pages 37-39
Measurement of Campylobacteraceae Isoprenoid Quinones by Fast Atom Bombardment Mass Spectrometry....Pages 41-45
Use of Filtration to Isolate Campylobacter and Related Organisms from Stools....Pages 47-49
Evaluation of FlexSure™ HP....Pages 51-59
A Campylobacter Medium for All Seasons?....Pages 61-65
Utilization of Amino Acids by Campylobacter jejuni ....Pages 67-73
Evaluation of Colony Lift Immunoblot Methodologies for Specific Enumeration of Enteropathogenic Campylobacter ....Pages 75-83
Optimising Recovery of Campylobacter spp. from the Lower Porcine Gastrointestinal Tract....Pages 85-87
Use of a Candle Jar for Incubating Campylobacter jejuni ....Pages 89-92
Experimental Detection of Plesiomonas shigelloides Antigen in Feces by ELISA and Reversed Passive Latex Agglutination Test as a Model for Campylobacter....Pages 93-96
Detection of C. jejuni in Milk and Poultry Using the Magnetic Immuno-Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay....Pages 97-99
The Formation of Viable but Nonculturable C. jejuni and Their Failure to Colonise One-Day-Old Chicks....Pages 101-104
 Campylobacter and Salmonella Contamination of Fresh Chicken Meat....Pages 105-108
Molecular Characterization of Oxidative Stress Defence Systems in Campylobacter spp.....Pages 109-114
Coccal Cell Switching and the Survival and Virulence of C. jejuni at High Oxygen Tensions....Pages 115-117
Two-Dimensional Protein Profiles and Fatty-Acid Compositions in Coccoid Forms of Campylobacter jejuni ....Pages 119-122
Campylobacters and Faecal Indicators in Streams and Rivers Subject to Farm Run-Off....Pages 123-128
Isolation of Sub-Lethally Injured Campylobacters from Water....Pages 129-133
Occurrence of Thermophilic Campylobacter spp. in Foods and Waters in Northern Ireland....Pages 135-139
Frequency of Occurrence of Campylobacter spp. in Meats and Their Subsequent Sub-Typing Using RAPD and PCR-RFLP....Pages 141-145
Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay for the Detection of Viable Campylobacter Species from Potable and Untreated Environmental Water Samples....Pages 147-153
Development of a Quantitative Methodology to Estimate the Number of Enteropathogenic Campylobacter on Fresh Poultry Products....Pages 155-162
The Seasonality of Thermophilic Campylobacters in Beef and Dairy Cattle....Pages 163-167
The Survival of Campylobacter spp. in Water....Pages 169-170
Campylobacters, Salmonellas, and Indicator Bacteria in the Lune Estuary....Pages 171-175
AP-PCR as Typing Method in Clinical Isolates of Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 177-180
PCR/RFLP and PFGE Sub-Typing of Thermophilic Campylobacter Isolates from Poultry Epidemiological Investigations....Pages 181-185
A Multi-Centre Study of Methods for Sub-Typing Campylobacter jejuni ....Pages 187-189
Pulsed Field Electrophoresis in Campylobacter Epidemiology....Pages 191-195
Subtyping of Campylobacter Isolates from Sewage Plants and Waste Water from a Connected Poultry Abattoir Using Molecular Techniques....Pages 197-201
Differentiation of Campylobacter Strains from Chickens in the USA Using a DNA Probe....Pages 203-207
Differentiation within Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli by PCR-RFLP of the Intergenic Region between the fla A and fla B Genes....Pages 209-212
Sub-Typing of Porcine and Human Campylobacter spp. Using RAPD....Pages 213-216
Identification of Strains of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli by PCR and Correlation with Phenotypic Characteristics....Pages 217-219
Computer-Assisted Strategies for Identifying Campylobacteria in Routine Laboratories....Pages 221-226
Molecular Subtyping of Campylobacter spp. Isolates from Broiler Production Sources....Pages 227-231
10,001 Campylobacters....Pages 233-235
Rapid Identification and Biotyping of Thermophilic Campylobacters....Pages 237-239
Phylogenetic Studies of Campylobacter jejuni Using Arbitrary Primer-PCR Fingerprinting....Pages 241-244
Summary of Workshop....Pages 273-276
Summary of Workshop....Pages 277-279
Summary of Workshop....Pages 281-285
Penner Serotyping and Polymerase Chain Reaction Fingerprinting of Campylobacter Isolated from Poultry and Other Animal Sources....Pages 287-289
Possible Association of Helicobacter pullorum with Lesions of Vibrionic Hepatitis in Poultry....Pages 291-293
The Colonisation Potential of Campylobacter jejuni Strain 81116 Is Enhanced after Passage through Chickens....Pages 295-299
Prevalence and Antimicrobial Resistance of Campylobacter Isolates in an Industrial Poultry Unit (from Production to Slaughter) in Portugal....Pages 301-306
The Induction of Quinolone Resistance in Campylobacter Bacteria in Broilers by Quinolone Treatment....Pages 307-311
Isolation of Campylobacter from Eggs and Organs of Naturally Contaminated Laying Hens Housed in Battery Cages and Aviaries....Pages 313-317
Reducing Campylobacter Contamination of Poultry Carcasses by Modification of Processing Practices....Pages 319-321
The Seasonality of Thermophilic Campylobacters in Chickens....Pages 323-328
Isolation Method for Recovery of Arcobacter butzleri from Fresh Poultry and Poultry Products....Pages 329-333
An Epidemiological Study of Campylobacter jejuni in a Poultry Broiler Flock....Pages 335-339
Isolation of Helicobacter felis from Dogs in Italy....Pages 341-343
Specific Amplification of Ileal Symbiont Intracellularis from Several Animal Species with Proliferative Enteritis....Pages 345-350
An Experimental Model of Campylobacter fetus fetus Induced Abortion in Sheep....Pages 351-354
Bovine Venereal Campylobacteriosis....Pages 355-358
The Seasonal Incidence of Thermophilic Campylobacters in Sheep....Pages 359-362
The Prevalence of Campylobacter in Pigs during Fattening....Pages 363-367
Susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori to Ten Antimicrobial Agents....Pages 369-370
Comparative in Vitro Synergy Study of Omeprazole/Clarithromycin versus Omeprazole/Amoxicillin....Pages 371-374
Low Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Chickens in Sweden, 1992–1993....Pages 375-376
Antimicrobial Sensitivity of Campylobacter Isolates....Pages 377-381
High Expression of Chromosomal Dihydrofolate Reductase in Campylobacter Is Related to Its Trimethoprim Resistance....Pages 383-387
Antibiotic Susceptibility of Campylobacter Isolates from Sewage and Poultry Abattoir Drain Water....Pages 389-392
Variation in Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter spp. Isolated in Australia from Humans and Animals in the Last Five Years....Pages 393-398
Evolution of the Resistance to Several Antibiotics in Helicobacter pylori over a Four-Year Period....Pages 399-401
Evolution of Resistance to Erythromycin, Norfloxacin, and Tetracycline in Thermophylic Campylobacters....Pages 403-406
Summary of Workshop: Epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori ....Pages 419-423
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Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Children....Pages 437-439
 H. pylori Eradication and Duodenal Ulcer Cure....Pages 441-445
 Helicobacter pylori in Children....Pages 447-451
Incidence of Helicobacter pylori in Farmworkers and the Role of Zoonotic Spread....Pages 453-456
Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis....Pages 457-459
Fate and Transport of Campylobacters in Soil Arising from Farming Practices....Pages 461-465
 Campylobacter Diarrhoea in Children and Adults....Pages 467-470
 Campylobacter Species in Faeces from Healthy Pets in Sweden Isolated by Filter Technique....Pages 471-473
 Campylobacter/Helicobacter Bacteraemia in Cape Town, South Africa, 1977–1995....Pages 475-479
Serotype Distribution of Isolates of C. jejuni subsp. jejuni, C. jejuni subsp. doylei, C. coli , and C. upsaliensis from Paediatric Enteritis Patients....Pages 481-485
 Campylobacter jejuni/coli as Trigger of Reactive Arthritis....Pages 487-490
Five Years of Campylobacter Bacteraemia in Central Australia....Pages 491-494
 Campylobacter species and Other Enteric Pathogens in HIV-Infected Patients....Pages 495-498
Clinical Features of Campylobacter Infection in Children....Pages 499-501
 Campylobacter Mucosalis in Faeces from a Child with Severe Haemorrhagic Colitis....Pages 503-506
 Campylobacter Jejuni Repeated Infections in Children from Rural Guatemala....Pages 507-510
Identification of Selected Campylobacter Spp. Using the ARMS Technique....Pages 511-514
 Arcobacter Butzleri in the Elderly in Belgium....Pages 515-518
Biotypes and Serogroups of Poultry Strains of Arcobacter Sp. Isolated in France....Pages 519-520
Two Cases of Persistent Diarrhoea Associated with Arcobacter sp.....Pages 521-523
Summary of Workshop....Pages 535-536
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Identification of a Response Regulator Gene in Campylobacter Jejuni ....Pages 563-568
Cloning the Flagellin Genes of Campylobacter Upsaliensis ....Pages 569-573
Natural Transformation as a Tool for the Characterization of Motility Mutants of Campylobacter Jejuni 81116....Pages 575-581
The Role of Surface-Layer Proteins in Ovine Campylobacter Abortion....Pages 583-586
Influence of Campylobacter Jejuni on Human Neutrophil Chemotaxis....Pages 587-589
Multiple Homology Analyses of the flaA Gene of Campylobacter Jejuni ....Pages 591-592
Characterization of Flagellin from Campylobacter Jejuni with Monoclonal Antibody C3G8....Pages 593-595
Capacity of a peb1A Mutant of Campylobacter Jejuni to Colonize Chickens....Pages 597-598
A New Toxin in Campylobacter Jejuni and Campylobacter Coli ?....Pages 599-605
Campylobacteriosis in Laboratory Rats....Pages 607-610
Diversity in in Vitro Adherence of C. Jejuni ....Pages 611-617
Molecular Characterization of Campylobacter Virulence Genes....Pages 619-623
A Binding-Lipoprotein-Dependent Transport System for a Ferric-Siderophore in Campylobacter Coli ....Pages 625-629
Detection of a Cytolethal Distending Toxin in Campylobacters of Human and Animal Origin....Pages 631-635
Cloning and Initial Characterization of the htr A Gene from Campylobacter Jejuni ....Pages 637-641
Endocytosis of Campylobacter Jejuni into Caco-2 Cells....Pages 643-648
The Usefulness of the Chick Colonisation Model to Investigate Potential Colonisation Factors of Campylobacters....Pages 649-652
α1–2 Fucosylated Chains (H-2, H-1, and Lewis b ) are the Main Human Milk Receptor Analogs for Campylobacter ....Pages 653-658
Lipopolysaccharides from Campylobacter Jejuni Strains Associated with the Onset of the Guillain-Barré and Miller-Fisher Syndromes....Pages 659-662
Cross-Reactivities and Strain-Specificity of Monoclonal Antibodies to Campylobacter Jejuni and Helicobacter Pylori Flagellins....Pages 663-666
Expression of Campylobacter Jejuni fla A Epitopes within a Modified Salmonella Flagellin Expressed in Salmonella Enteritidis ....Pages 667-672
Serological Response to Campylobacter Concisus Infection....Pages 673-678
Antibody Responses to Antigens of Campylobacter Jejuni in Swedish Chicken Slaughter House Workers and Healthy Blood Donors....Pages 679-681
Chemical Structures of Lipopolysaccharides....Pages 683-686
Gene Cloning of a Flagellar Sheath Protein of Helicobacter Pylori ....Pages 687-692
The Effect of Lipopolysaccharide from Helicobacter SPP. And Campylobacter SPP. On Pepsinogen Release by Gastric Mucosa....Pages 693-695
Effect on Pepsinogen Release of Various Sub-Fractions of H. Pylori Lipopolysaccharide....Pages 697-700
Interactions of a Catalase- and an Urease-Negative Mutant of Helicobacter Pylori with Polymorphonuclear Granulocytes....Pages 701-705
Detection of Antigenic Cross-Reactivity Between Helicobacter Pylori and other Bacteria by Inhibition Elisa....Pages 707-710
Back Matter....Pages 735-767