Campylobacter fact sheet: taxonomy, pathogenesis, isolation, detection and future perspectives
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Campylobacter, taxonomy, pathogenesis, isolation, detection
Abstract
Background Campylobacter is the most common bacterial cause of gastro-intestinal disease worldwide with consumption of contaminated food or water typically being cited as principal sources of infection. Aims To inform the efforts of the ECfunded MoniQA project team investigating the harmonization and standardization of analytical methods for foods, we prepared a brief review of key aspects of these bacteria, encompassing taxonomy, behaviour in foods, clinical symptoms, isolation, detection, identification and subtyping. A summary of future needs and perspectives to help protect public health from this important human food- and water-borne pathogen is also given.
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Debruyne L., Broman T., Bergstr ?om S., Olsen B., On S.L.W., Vandamme P. (2010) Campylobacter subantarcticus sp. nov., isolated from birds in the sub-Antarctic region. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 60,815–819.
Debruyne L., On S.L.W., De Brandt E., Vandamme P. (2009) Novel Campylobacter lari-like bacteria from humans and molluscs: description of Campylobacter peloridis sp. nov., Campylobacter lari subsp. concheussubsp. nov. and Campylobacter lari subsp. lari subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 59,1126–1132.
Donnison A. (2003) Isolation of thermotolerant Campylobacter–review and methods for New Zealand laboratories. Prepared for the Ministry of Health under the auspices of the Enteric Zoonotic Disease Research in New Zealand Steering Committee.
EFSA. (2007) The Community Summary Report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents, antimicrobial resistance and foodborne outbreaks in the European Union in 2006. The EFSA Journal,130, 1–310.
EFSA. (2009) The Community Summary Report on trends and sources of zoonoses, zoonotic agents, antimicrobial resistance and foodborne outbreaks in the European Union in 2007. The EFSA Journal, 223, 1–310.
ESR. (2007). Notifiable and other diseases in New Zealand. Annual Report 2006, ESR Client Report FW 0717 Porirua, ESR.
ESR. (2008). Notifiable and other diseases in New Zealand. Annual Report 2007, ESR Client Report FW 08034 Porirua, ESR.
FDA BAM. (1998) Campylobacter. In: FDA Bacteriological Analytical Manual. Chapter 7, 8th edition (revision A), eds Hunt J.M., Abeyta C., Tran T. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/foodnet/annual/2007/2007_annual_report_508.pdf
Havelaar A.H., de Wit M.A.S., van Koningsveld R., van KempenE. (2000) Health burden in the Netherlands due to infection with thermophilic Campylobacter spp. Epidemiology and Infection, 125, 502–522.
Inglis G.D., Hoar B.M., Whiteside D.P., Morck D.W. (2007) Campylobacter canadensis sp. nov., from captive whooping cranes in Canada. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 57, 2636–2644.
ISO. (1995). Microbiology of food and animal feed stuffs –Horizontal method for the detection of thermotolerant Campylobacter. ISO 1.272: 1995 (E) International Standards Organisation, Geneva.
Jacobs-Reitsma W. (2000) Campylobacterin the food supply. In: Campylobacter, 3rd edition, eds Nachamkin I., Blaser M.J.pp. 467–481, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC.
Keevil C.W. (2006). Improved physiological, immunological and molecular tools for the recovery and identification of emerging Campylobacteraceae in the food chain. Final report, European Commission.
Klena J. (2001). A survey of phenotypic and genetic methods used to identify and differentiate thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. strains. A report to the Ministry of Health, Wellington: Ministry of Health. Available at http://www.moh.govt.nz(accessed 22 July 2010).
MSFFG. (2004). UK publicly funded research relating to Campylobacter: Report of the Microbiological Safety of Food Funders Group (MFSSG), Food Standards Authority, May 2004, 79pp.
On S.L.W (2005) Taxonomy, phylogeny, and methods for the identification of Campylobacter species. In: Campylobacter: Molecular and Cellular Biologyeds. Ketley J.M., Konkel M.E. pp. 13–42, Horizon Bioscience, Norfolk, UK.
OzFoodNet Working Group. (2007) Burden and causes of foodborne disease in Australia: Annual report of the OzFoodNet network 2006. Communicable Disease Intelligence, 30, 278–300.
OzFoodNet Working Group. (2008) Monitoring the incidence and causes of diseases potentially transmitted by food in Australia: Annual report of the OzFood Net network 2007. Communicable Diseases Intelligence,31,345–365.
Petersen R.F., Harrington C.S., Kortegaard H.E., On S.L. (2007) APCR-DGGE method for detection and identification of Campylobacter, Helicobacter, Arcobacter and related Epsilobacteriaand its application to saliva samples from humans and domestic pets. Journal of Applied Microbiology,103, 2601–2615.
Rossi M., Debruyne L., Zanoni R.G., Manfreda G., Revez J., Vandamme P. (2009)Campylobacter avium sp. nov., a hippurate-positive species isolated from poultry. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 59,2364–2369.
Sails A.D., Fox A.J., Bolton F.J., Wareing D.R.A., Greenway D.L.A., Borrow R. (2001) Development of a PCR-ELISA assay for the identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. Molecular and Cellular Probes,15,291–300.
Wallace R.B. (2003) Campylobacter. In: Foodborne Microorganisms of Public Health Significance, 6th edition, Hocking A. pp. 311–333, Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Waterloo, NSW, Australia.
Waleed A.A.S., Bennedsen M., On S.L.W., Ouis I.S., VandammeP., Nilsson H.O., Ljungh A., Wadstrom T. (2006) Assessment of PCR-DGGE for the identification of diverse Helicobacter species, and application to faecal samples from zoo animals to determine Helicobacter prevalence. Journal of Medical Microbiology,52, 765–771.
WHO. (2000). The increasing incidence of human campylobacteriosis. Report and Proceedings of a WHO Consultation of Experts, Copenhagen, Denmark, 21–25 November 2000.
Zanoni R.G., Debruyne L., Rossi M., Revez J., Vandamme P.(2009) Campylobacter cuniculorum sp. nov., from rabbits. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 59, 1666–1671.
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