Campylobacter-associated diarrhoea in Edinburgh.

Brunton, W.A. Telfer; Heggie, D.

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“…In our study isolation of Salmonella, Shigella and Vibrio sp was 3.6, 1.8, and 4.5 per cent respectively which is in agreement with other studies [8,10,14,18,22,25,27], In an outbreak of cholera in Calcutta [17], C. jejuni was isolated in 10 out of 74 diarrhoea cases. Out of these 10 cases, 2 revealed C. jejuni as the sole pathogen and 8 cases were associated with V. cholerae, V. parahaemolytics, A. hydrophilia or A. díspar.…”

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Campylobacter Jejuni as a Cause of Diarrhoea

Chand¹,

Chatterjee

1997

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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This study was carricd out to isolate and identify Campylobacter jejuni from stool samples of patients suffering from diarrhoea. The study spanned a two-year period and C. jejuni was isolated in 10 (4.5%) out of 220 patients of diarrhoea] disorders. In samples of stool collected from 50 healthy individuals, C. jejuni was isolated in one (2%) case. Further, to isolate other enteropathogens alongwitli C. jejuni, procedures were undertaken simultaneously to identify Salmonella, Shigella and Vibrio cltolerae infection. Salmonella sp was isolated in 8 (3.6%), Shigella sp in 4 (1.8%) and Vibrio cholerae in 10 (4.5%) cases out of 220 faecal cultures studied. In one stool specimen Shigella flexneri was isolated alongwith C. jejuni.

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“…The involvement of younger age group of patients with diarrhoea has been reported by most of the authors from India and abroad [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][22][23][24]. Similarly the distribution of patients suffering from diarrhoea due to C. jejuni showed male preponderance in most of the studies.…”

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Campylobacter Jejuni as a Cause of Diarrhoea

Chand¹,

Chatterjee

1997

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

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“…C. LAFONG AND K. B. BAMFORD shigella were 2-8 and 6-3 % respectively. Studies from various parts of mainland Britain and other European countries show that in recent years, campylobacters were responsible for between 8 to 15 % of cases of acute diarrhoea (Bruce, Zochowski & Ferguson, 1977;Brunton & Heggie, 1977;Delorme et al 1979;Kendall & Tanner, 1982).…”

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Low incidence of campylobacter enteritis in Northern Ireland

Lafong

Bamford

1986

J. Hyg.

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SUMMARYIn a prospective survey carried out over 9 months in 1984 in the Department of Bacteriology, Belfast City Hospital, Campylobacterjejuni* was isolated from 24 out of 1200 faecal specimens (2%) from patients with acute diarrhoea. This isolation rate is much lower than that from other parts of mainland Britain which report an isolation rate of between 8 and 15 %. It is difficult to explain this large discrepancy but the limited availability of unpasteurized milk and the generally worse summer here (fewer barbecues, picnics) may be some reasons to explain this low incidence in N. Ireland.

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“…Other authors have reported a higher incidence of gastroenteritis due to C. jejuni as compared with Salmonella. Bruton and Heggie (1977) reported 2.5% of their isolations were Salmonella and 8.7% were C. jejuni. Bruce et al (1977) reported 2.9% and 13.9% for Salmonella and C. jejuni, respectively;…”

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The Importance of Campylobacter Jejuni to the Meat Industry: A Review

Kotula¹,

Stern²

1984

Journal of Animal Science

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Campylobacter jejuni is a microorganism that only recently has been implicated in gastroenteritis in humans. As appropriate methods used for detection of the bacterium have been developed, the rates of illness caused by the pathogen were found to approach or surpass those attributed to Salmonella. Substantial evidence has been gathered to document that the route for human infection is through the ingestion of adulterated food and drink. Some slaughter animals harbor this potential pathogen among the intestinal flora and, consequently, transfer of the organism to carcasses and to the resulting meat products does occur. The most frequently implicated meat is poultry, with an incidence of recovery of C. jejuni from the store-bought poultry meat reported to be at least 50%. Red meat from slaughter animals have also yielded this bacterium from carcasses, but at lower incidence levels. Foodborne disease has been associated most frequently with the ingestion of raw milk, but poultry, hamburger, and other foods have all been implicated as potential sources. However, cause and effect relating the presence of C. jejuni in meat and human gastroenteritis has not been demonstrated. Additional research is needed to determine whether C. jejuni isolated from meat causes gastroenteritis and whether all strains of the organism are virulent. Recognition of C. jejuni as a potential meatborne pathogen by the meat industry is necessary, and appropriate sanitary practices to prevent passage of the organism through meat products should be implemented.

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Campylobacter-associated diarrhoea in Edinburgh.

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Campylobacter Jejuni as a Cause of Diarrhoea

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Low incidence of campylobacter enteritis in Northern Ireland

The Importance of Campylobacter Jejuni to the Meat Industry: A Review

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