Report on an intrafamiliar outbreak of Campylobacter enteritis.
An intrafamiliar campylobacter enteritis outbreak is described. From stools of three adults and two children, 5 Campylobacter jejuni strains resistant to erythromycin, lincomycin, and tetracycline, were isolated. From the sixth member of the family, a boy, a susceptible strain was isolated. Serological responses, measured using a serum bactericidal assay, against autologous and heterologous campylobacters have shown that one strain only, the resistant one, caused the outbreak. The source of infection was unknown.
D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000235:genetics* / Q000382:microbiology; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male