Prevalence of thermotolerant species of Campylobacter and their biotypes in children and domestic birds and dogs in Southern Chile

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Heriberto Fernández¹  Karen Kahler¹  Rossana Salazar¹  Marco Antonio Ríos¹ 

关键词: Campylobacter;    Diarrhea;    Epidemiology;    Ecological distribution;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46651994000500007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The prevalence of thermotolerant Campylobacter in diarrhoeic and healthy children as well as in dogs, hens, ducks and pigeons was determined in Southern Chile. Campylobacter were found in 34.5% of the faecal samples examined. The isolation rate of Campylobacter in diarrhoeic and healthy children was 16.3% and 6.4% respectively. Despite C.jejuni was always more frequent than C. coli, the latter was isolated with a high frequency (29%) from patients with diarrhoea. C.jejuni and C. coli biotypes I and II were found in healthy and diarrhoeic children and were predominant in all the animals species studied. This may point out towards the possible origin of strains infecting children.

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