Campylobacter and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) associated gastroenteritis in Turkish children.
From May 1989 to April 1990, stool specimens of 677 children less than 15-years old who were admitted to the Hacettepe University outpatient department of Pediatrics with acute enteritis were collected to search for four common enteric pathogens: Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC). At least one of the three bacteria was detected in 107 (15.8%) of the patients. Campylobacter was found in 72 (10.6%) of the samples. Shigella and Salmonella spp. were isolated in 26 (3.8%) and 11 (1.6%) children respectively. EHEC was not isolated from any of the stool samples. None of the 100 healthy children examined as a control group yielded any of the four pathogens in their stools. Campylobacter should be considered as an important aetiological agent of diarrhoeal diseases in Turkey, where EHEC is not a common pathogen.
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Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Institute of Microbiology, Ankara, Turkey.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000382:microbiology*; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology