Prospective study of enteric Campylobacter infections in children from birth to 6 months in the Central African Republic.
A survey of enteric Campylobacter infections was performed in Bangui, Central African Republic, with a cohort of 127 children from birth to 6 months of age by biweekly culture of stools; 82 infections were observed, and 41.7% of the children presented at least 1 infection before 6 months of age. Only 15.9% of the infected children had a diarrheic syndrome; moreover, 61.5% of these diarrheic children had another enteropathogen associated with Campylobacter species. In about half the cases, Campylobacter spp. were excreted for more than 4 days. More than half of the children had at least one diarrheic episode, for which an enteropathogen was identified in one third of the cases, before 6 months of age.
D000372:Agglutination Tests; D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002353:Carrier State / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002488:Central African Republic; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012703:Serotyping