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. 1991 Jun;29(6):1262-4.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.29.6.1262-1264.1991.

Incidence of toxigenic Campylobacter strains in South Africa

H E Bok  1 , A S Greeff, H H Crewe-Brown
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Incidence of toxigenic Campylobacter strains in South Africa

H E Bok et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1991 Jun.

Abstract

Campylobacter strains can produce a heat-labile cytotonic toxin (CTON) and various cytotoxins (CTOX). Of 22 South African Campylobacter strains tested, 86% were toxigenic (77% produced CTON, 41% produced CTOX, and 32% produced both types) and 14% were toxin negative. Campylobacter jejuni strains were 67% CTON positive and 47% CTOX positive, whereas Campylobacter coli strains were 100 and 29% positive, respectively.

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