Detection of enteric campylobacteriosis in children.
Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni was recovered as the sole bacterial pathogen from 31% of 0- to 8-month-old children with acute gastroenteritis and from 5% of asymptomatic children (P less than 0.05). In children 8 to 24 months old, the respective recovery rates were 38 and 40%. With the exception of one case of simultaneous bacteremia, the clinical course of the symptomatic infection was benign and rarely lasted more than a week. The isolates were sensitive to most commonly used antibiotics. Several isolates shared antigenic determinants with C. fetus subsp. intestinalis. A bacteriophage specific for C. fetus subsp. jejuni lysed 73% of the strains. Several phage-resistant isolates carried a phage that lysed the stock strain of C. fetus subsp. jejuni (NADC 917).
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents