Thermophilic Campylobacter-associated diarrhoea in Rio de Janeiro.
Thermophilic Campylobacter is reported as the agent associated with chronic and acute diarrhoea in Rio de Janeiro. Nine strains were isolated from 186 children with gastroenteritis. To our knowledge this is the first report of human Campylobacteriosis in Latin-America.
D001938:Brazil; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans