title: Acute Campylobacter jejuni enteritis in 385 hospitalised patients.
abstract: Twenty healthy controls and 385 adult patients suffering from acute enteritis or gastroenteritis were enrolled for the study of Campylobacter Jejuni infection over a period of 2 years. Thirty five stool samples showed C jejuni on stool culture. The isolation rates were at peak in the monsoon season and from watery and bloody stool specimens. Pure C jejuni culture was obtained in 18 of 35 samples; the other 17 samples showed polymicrobial infection or infestation. Nine of 35 patients were treated with erythromycin 1 g in divided doses for 7 days. Repeat stool cultures did not grow C jejuni. There was no resistance to erythromycin therapy. C jejuni are fastidious organisms and require special medium and microaerophilic environment for culture.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, L T M M C & L T M G Hospital, Sion, Bombay.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Bichile
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saraswati
authors.forename: U R
authors.initials: UR
authors.lastname: Popat
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nanivadekar
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Deodhar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004751:Enteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D004917:Erythromycin