JAC Advance Access originally published online on October 7, 2004
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2004 54(5):961-962; doi:10.1093/jac/dkh447
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JAC vol.54 no.5 © The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2004; all rights reserved
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Antibiotics in media for isolation of Campylobacter spp. do not enhance resistance
Antimicrobial Agents Research Group, Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Keywords: induction , gene expression , susceptibility
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Sir,
Campylobacter spp. have become the major cause of gastroenteritis in the Western world. However, isolation and culture of these bacteria from different source samples is difficult as they are fastidious and slow growing, and are thus out-competed by other bacterial species and fungi. This
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