Volume 20, Number 6—June 2014
Dispatch
Identification of Possible Virulence Marker from Campylobacter jejuni Isolates
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![Percentage of hcp-positive Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from patients in Vietnam who had bloody diarrhea and nonbloody diarrhea. Patients who were hospitalized because of C. jejuni infection were scored for the presence of bloody diarrhea or nonbloody diarrhea, and presence of the hcp type-six secretion system (T6SS) marker in strains isolated from the patients was determined. Of patients with bloody diarrhea, 32% were infected with hcp-positive strains; of patients with nonbloody diarr](/eid/images/13-0635-F2.jpg)
Figure 2. Percentage of hcp-positive Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from patients in Vietnam who had bloody diarrhea and nonbloody diarrheaPatients who were hospitalized because of Cjejuni infection were scored for the presence of bloody diarrhea or nonbloody diarrhea, and presence of the hcp type-six secretion system (T6SS) marker in strains isolated from the patients was determinedOf patients with bloody diarrhea, 32% were infected with hcp-positive strains; of patients with nonbloody diarrhea, 5% were infected with hcp-positive strains.
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