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1548418

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
From 1985 to 1988, 857 children (aged between 1 day and 60 months) admitted to hospital with diarrhoea and 241 controls (aged between 5 days and 60 months) were examined for campylobacters and other enteric pathogens by means of conventional methods. The difference between the isolation rates of campylobacters in those cases in which no other enteric pathogen was found (4.8%) and controls (6.2%) was not significant (P greater than 0.05). Strains of Campylobacter jejuni/coli were isolated throughout the year with higher isolation rates during the summer and monsoon months. Mixed infections were very common. Watery diarrhoea (97.6% cases) was the most common clinical presentation of patients found to be infected solely by C. jejuni/coli. Most patients infected with campylobacters were mildly to moderately dehydrated. Biotype I of C. jejuni and C. coli was the dominant biotype associated with cases and controls. All strains of C. jejuni/coli, regardless of their source, were found to be sensitive to erythromycin. From this study, it appears that enteric infections with campylobacters among children in Calcutta are common but often asymptomatic.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0163-4453
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
24
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
55-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Campylobacter species as a cause of diarrhoea in children in Calcutta.
pubmed:affiliation
National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Beliaghata, Calcutta, India.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article