Campylobacter fetus Subspecies jejuni: A Common Cause of Diarrhea in Sweden

Abstract

Stool samples from approximately 2,550 patients with gastrointestinal infections were cultured for bacterial pathogens between January 1978 and September 1979, and 277 campylobacter (10.9%), 183 salmonella, 89 shigella, and 17 yersinia infections were identified. Campylobacter was found in all age groups, with the majority in the age group of 20-34 years. Most cases of campylobacter diarrhea were isolated during summer or late fall. After five weeks, 90% of the patients had no Campylobacter in their stools. The incubation time was estimated to be one to six days. Campylobacter gastroenteritis, even more common than salmonella gastroenteritis, was in general not regarded as a serious disease, despite the fact that most patients had marked symptoms. Almost all patients recovered without antibiotic treatment, although in some cases the disease was long-lasting, and 50 of the 277 patients required hospitalization. Thus, Campylobacter must be considered in the diagnosis of patients with diarrhea.

Campylobacter jejunias a bacterial cause of diarrhoea in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

“…DISCUSSION A prevalence of 12-4 % Campylobacterjejuni compared with 5-6 % for Salmonella species and 10-2 % for Shigella species in diarrhoea patients, which agreed with the result of similar studies in Sweden (Svedham & Kaijser, 1980), is of considerable diagnostic and epidemiological significance. The rather striking similarity in this study with the Bangladesh data (Blazer et al 1980) may be explained by the fact that Nigeria and Bangladesh share the same biome.…”

Improved Serological Diagnosis Stresses the Major Role of Campylobacter jejuni in Triggering Guillain-Barré Syndrome

“…Confirmatory data from fecal sample cultures for C. jejuni isolation were not available. However, cultural diagnosis of C. jejuni after cessation of diarrhea is rarely successful (27) and therefore not a reliable method for the diagnosis of antecedent C. jejuni infection in GBS patients. The age difference between GBS patients (mean age Ϯ SD, 60.0 Ϯ 18.2 years) and controls (46.9 Ϯ 11.9 years) does not explain the higher prevalence of C. jejunispecific antibodies in GBS patients.…”

Waterborne outbreak of campylobacter enteritis after outdoors infantry drill in Utti, Finland

“…Campylobacter jejuni/coli can attack previously healthy people of all ages in developed countries (Skirrow, 1977;Svedhem & Kaijser, 1980;Pitkanen et al 1983). Campylobacter sp.…”