PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - E A Goddard
AU  - A J Lastovica
AU  - A C Argent
TI  - Campylobacter 0:41 isolation in Guillain-Barré syndrome
AID  - 10.1136/adc.76.6.526
DP  - 1997 Jun 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood
PG  - 526--528
VI  - 76
IP  - 6
4099  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/76/6/526.short
4100  - http://adc.bmj.com/content/76/6/526.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child1997 Jun 01; 76
AB  - Over a period of 15 months, 17 children were admitted to the Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital (RCWMCH) in Cape Town with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Stool specimens were collected from 14 children and campylobacter was isolated from nine. Six of the nine isolates of Campylobacter jejuni were further identified as C jejuni biotype 2, serotype 0:41. This biotype 2, serotype 0:41 has been identified in only 12 of the 7119 campylobacter isolates at the RCWMCH over a 19 year period. Eight of the nine patients with campylobacter isolates and one of five with negative stool cultures required ventilation. Patients with C jejuni biotype 2, serotype 0:41 were ventilated for a mean (SD) of 33.5 (19.4) days, whereas patients with other campylobacter isolates were ventilated for 17.3 (3.8) days. This is the first report of campylobacters of serotype 0:41 in Guillain-Barré syndrome and could reflect a geographical isolation of this strain.