Campylobacter concisus Pseudo-Outbreak Caused by Improved Culture Conditions |
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| Authors: | Carlo Casanova Alexander Schweiger Niklaus von Steiger Sara Droz Jonas Marschall |
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| Affiliation: | aClinical Microbiology, Institute for Infectious Diseases, Bern, Switzerland;bDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland |
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| Abstract: | An unusual increase in the number of Campylobacter concisus isolates found in stool cultures provoked an outbreak investigation at Bern University Hospital. No epidemiological links were found between the cases, and the Campylobacter isolates were clonally unrelated. A change in culture conditions to a hydrogen-rich atmosphere enhancing growth of C. concisus was deemed responsible for this pseudo-outbreak. |
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