Acute Campylobacter jejuni enteritis in 385 hospitalised patients.
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in English
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| ID: sea-85097
ABSTRACT
Twenty healthy controls and 385 adult patients suffering from acute enteritis or gastroenteritis were enrolled for the study of Campylobacter Jejuni infection over a period of 2 years. Thirty five stool samples showed C jejuni on stool culture. The isolation rates were at peak in the monsoon season and from watery and bloody stool specimens. Pure C jejuni culture was obtained in 18 of 35 samples; the other 17 samples showed polymicrobial infection or infestation. Nine of 35 patients were treated with erythromycin 1 g in divided doses for 7 days. Repeat stool cultures did not grow C jejuni. There was no resistance to erythromycin therapy. C jejuni are fastidious organisms and require special medium and microaerophilic environment for culture.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Campylobacter Infections
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Erythromycin
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Campylobacter jejuni
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Adolescent
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Adult
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Diarrhea
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Enteritis
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
1992
Type:
Article
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