Campylobacter jejuni enteritis in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The incidence of Campylobacter jejuni in patients with acute diarrhoea was studied in Honolulu, Hawaii. C. jejuni was recovered from 8.7% of diarrhoeal stools, compared to isolation rates of 4.2% for Salmonella and 3.8% for Shigella. C. jejuni occurred mainly in the summer and autumn, and in all age and racial groups. There was a significantly higher incidence of abdominal pain, fever history, bloody stools and faecal leucocytes in patients with Campylobacter enteritis.
D000208:Acute Disease; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006254:Hawaii; D006801:Humans; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons