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Campylobacter
is considered to
be the leading cause of enteric illness in the United States, possibly with
even more infections than Salmonella. C. jejuni, C. coli, and C. lari account for more than 99% of
human isolates (C. jejuni 90%). Campylobacter can cause mild to severe
diarrhea, with loose, watery stools often followed by bloody
diarrhea. Infections are manifested as meningitis, pneumonia,
miscarriage, and a severe form of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Campylobacters are carried in the intestinal
tract of a wide variety of healthy wild and domestic animals, especially
birds.
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Surveys
of retail raw chicken show that anywhere from 20 to 100% are contaminated
with Campylobacter. Other possible sources of Campylobacter infection are unpasteurized milk,
fruits and vegetables and untreated water. Culture methods for
isolation and detection of Campylobacter can take days, even weeks.
iQ-Check Campylobacter:
- 24 hr enrichment in Bolton
Broth greatly decreases time to results over other methods
- Runs with the same thermal
protocol as our other iQ-Check kits for Salmonella, E. coli, O157:H7, Listeria spp., and Limono.
- All assays can be run at the
same time
- Systems available to fit low
and high throughput labs
For more information, contact us at FoodScience@bio-rad.com
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