Differential Clinical and Epidemiological Features in Children with Campylobacter Diarrhoea, Mixed-agent Diarrhoea and Campylobacter Diarrhoea plus Parenteral Infections

Abstract

A prospective study of 111 young Peruvian children with Campylobacter jejuni diarrhoea showed that it behaves as an endemic enterotoxigenic-like, waterborne, milkborne, and zoonotic disease. Although there were no definite differential features between pure C. jejuni diarrhoea, mixed-agent diarrhoea, and C. jejuni diarrhoea plus parenteral infections, children with C. jejuni diarrhoea plus parenteral infections were all inpatients, were more frequently malnourished and more frequently exhibited systemic symptoms. Campylobacter jejuni associated with other enteric pathogens did not seem to act synergistically as the disease was not particularly severe in this group.

Diarrhea caused by enterotoxigenic Bacteroides fragilis in children less than 5 years of age in Hanoi, Vietnam

“…In this study, we did not have possibilities to look for Campylobacter spp. However, this pathogen has been found to be associated with diarrhea in children in many studies [5,73,158,227]. In Vietnam, a study in children less than 5 years of age carried out by Isenbarger et al [111] showed that Campylobacter was found in 6.8% of cases.…”