PMID: 9181383May 1, 1997Paper

Campylobacter jejuni gastroenteritis in Turkish children

Infection
G UysalN Karabiber

Abstract

Four hundred children between the ages of 1 month and 14 years with the complaint of diarrhea were studied to assess Campylobacter jejuni isolation rates in childhood acute gastroenteritis in Turkey and to clarify clinical presentations of C. jejuni enteritis. C. jejuni was found to be the second most common isolate with a rate of 8.3%, the first being Shigella strains. The highest isolation rate was in the 6 to 14-year age range at 12%. The most frequent symptoms in patients with C. jejuni enteritis were abdominal pain (51.5%), vomiting (36.4%) and fever (30.3%). Stool examination revealed bloody mucous stool in 51.5% of the patients, and erythrocytes and/or leucocytes were detected in 42.4%. Only 12.1% of the patients with C. jejuni enteritis were hospitalized in this study.

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Nov 8, 2003·Pediatric Research·Ellen CrushellBilly Bourke
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