Campylobacter diarrhea in Alexandria, Egypt.
The role of Campylobacter as a cause of bacterial diarrhea in young children in Alexandria, Egypt was investigated. Stools or rectal swabs were collected from 880 children (mean age 9.8 months) presenting to a hospital with the primary complaint of diarrhea and from 1,079 well children (mean age 8.8 months) attending a vaccination clinic. Isolation of Campylobacter was significantly (p<0.0002) more frequent from cases (17.2%) than from controls (6.4%). Campylobacter was isolated from children presenting with diarrhea more frequently than Salmonella (3% isolation rate), Shigella (2% isolation rate), or other bacterial pathogens (1% isolatoin rate). Isolation of Campylobacter was significantly more frequent during the rainy season (p<0.0012). These results implicate Campylobacter as a major bacterial cause of diarrhea for which young children are brought for medical attention in Alexandria, Egypt.
Pazzaglia
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Enterics Program, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda MD, USA.
Bourgeois
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AL
Mourad
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Gaafar
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T
Diab
A S
AS
Hebert
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A
Churilla
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A
Murphy
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JR
D000554:Ambulatory Care Facilities; D000818:Animals; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015984:Causality; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D004405:Dysentery, Bacillary / Q000453:epidemiology; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology; D012621:Seasons; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014611:Vaccination