Detection of enteric campylobacteriosis in children

Bokkenheuser, V.; Richardson, N. J.; Bryner, John H.; Roux, Damien; Schutte, A B; Koornhof, H J; Freiman, I; Hartman, E.G.

doi:10.1128/jcm.9.2.227-232.1979

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“…One of these "new" bacteri a is Campylobacter j ejuni (CJ) . The frequency with which Campylobacter is isolated during episodes of acute diarrhea varies widely in different area s of the world , from about 6% in developed countries (3) to 42% in Soweto (4).…”

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Enteropathogens Associated with Acute Diarrhea in Hospitalized Infants

Figueroa,

Araya,

Ibañez

et al. 1986

J. pediatr. gastroenterol. nutr.

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Summary:Thirty‐five infants of low socioeconomic status who were living in urban Santiago were hospitalized for acute diarrhea were prospectively evaluated for the presence of enteropathogens associated with the episode. Some degree of malnutrition was evident in 20 infants (57.1%); 15 of these (75%) were under 6 months of age. Mean duration of the hospital stay was 11.8 days for well‐nourished patients and 15.7 days for the malnourished patients. One or more enteropathogens were found in 60% of the cases studied: in 17 cases (48.6%) these were bacteria and in four cases (11.4%) it was rotavirus. Parasites were not detected. In three patients, two different pathogens were demonstrated. Among the bacteria, 12 isolates (34.3%) were enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) and two (5.7%) were Shigella. Campylobacter jejuni was also isolated from two different cases (5.7%) and Salmonella from one case (2.9%). The recovery of pathogens was independent of the nutritional status. Mean age of detection of EPEC was 3.2 months among well‐nourished infants and 6.2 months among the malnourished (p < 0.001). Half of the EPEC strains isolated were multiresistant to antibiotics. One of these strains transferred some of its resistance in vitro to E. coli K 12. Ampicillin and kanamycin were the antibiotics to which EPEC showed the greatest resistance. The other bacterial pathogens were mostly sensitive to antibiotics. Campylobacter jejuni, together with Shigella, was the second most frequent pathogen isolated during episodes of diarrhea. Campylobacter should be included in the routine study of diarrheal episodes in our setting.

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Enteropathogens Associated with Acute Diarrhea in Hospitalized Infants

Figueroa,

Araya,

Ibañez

et al. 1986

J. pediatr. gastroenterol. nutr.

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Treatment of Campylobacter-Associated Enteritis With Erythromycin

Robins‐Browne¹,

Mackenjee²,

Bodasing³

et al. 1983

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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Variance in rotavirus infection rates in different urban population groups in South Africa

Schoub

Cohen

Thompson

et al. 1982

Journal of Medical Virology

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Rotavirus infection in black infants contrasts markedly with that of white infants in being much less common and showing no seasonal variation. In this multicentre study in Johannesburg, the aetiology of winter infantile gastroenteritis in black, coloured, and white infants was investigated. Stools were examined by electron microscopy and also by enzyme-immunoassay to detect subparticular antigen which may be missed by electron microscopy in patients presenting late in the course of the illness. Stools were also examined bacteriologically by conventional techniques. Rotavirus was the most common pathogen in all three population groups with bacteria playing a relatively minor role. Striking differences were observed in the rotavirus rates between the three groups. Infection in the whites was five times more common than in the blacks (60% versus 12%) with the coloureds intermediate at 40%. The hypothesis was put forward that the relative protection of the black population may be due to a greater degree of colonization of neonates, thus inducing protection against symptomatic infection at the target age of 6 to 24 months. This may well have important implications in immunoprophylaxis. The reason for the lack of seasonal variation in the black population is still unclear.

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Detection of enteric campylobacteriosis in children

Cited by 110 publications

References 13 publications

Enteropathogens Associated with Acute Diarrhea in Hospitalized Infants

Enteropathogens Associated with Acute Diarrhea in Hospitalized Infants

Treatment of Campylobacter-Associated Enteritis With Erythromycin

Variance in rotavirus infection rates in different urban population groups in South Africa

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