Occurrence of Campylobacter jejuni in Shiraz, Southwest Iran.
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the occurrence of Campylobacter jejuni among other bacterial agents of acute diarrhea.


METHODS
Over a period of 3 months, 114 specimens of acute diarrhea were collected from patients aged 2-58 years referred to Nemazi Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. The samples were tested for bacterial pathogens causing acute diarrhea.


RESULTS
Of the 114 samples, 40 proved to be positive for bacterial enteric pathogens: C. jejuni 11 (9.6%), Salmonella spp.18 (15.8%) and Shigella spp. 11 (9.6%). Maximum prevalence of C. jejuni was observed in patients aged 11-15 years. Significantly more females than males were infected with all diarrheal agents (p <0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
This study confirmed the presence of C. jejuni as a significant cause of gastroenteritis in Shiraz, Southwest Iran.
Hassanzadeh
Parvin
P
Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Motamedifar
Mohammad
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012760:Shigella / Q000302:isolation & purification