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Lior-serotype variants in Campylobacter isolates from the same stool sample

Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, 2300 Kiel, Germany

Received February 20, 1992
Accepted March 30, 1992

Campylobacter strains isolated from the same stool sample were characterised by determination of biochemical properties and both heat-labile (Lior) and heat-labile (Lior) and heat-stable (Lauwers) serotype. In six of 60 campylobacter-infected stools, two or three strains differing in Lior-serotype were isolated from the same stool. In four of these six cases, the isolates with different Lior-serotypes showed identical biochemical reactions and identical heat-stable antigens patterns. A predominant Lior-serotype was not detected among them but Lauwersantigens O:3, O:14 and O:16 were found in isolates from three of the six stool samples. Moreover, the isolates were identified as C. coli in 76<<5% of the stool samples (p<<0·05). We believe that variation in heat-labile antigens occurs in vivo and might be associated particularly with certain heat-stable serotypes of C. coli.