Occurrence of campylobacter species in healthy well-nourished and malnourished children

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Heriberto Fernández¹  Fernando Vera¹  María Paz Villanueva¹  Andrea García¹ 

[1] ,Universidad Austral de Chile Institute of Clinical Microbiology Valdivia,Chile

关键词: Campylobacter species;    malnourished children;    well-nourished children;    healthy carriers;    Espécies de Campylobacter;    crianças mal nutridas;    crianças bem nutridas;    portadores;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1517-83822008000100013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The occurrence of Campylobacter species in healthy, well-nourished and healthy, malnourished children of low socioeconomic level in Southern Chile was determined. Campylobacter carriers were significantly most frequent among malnourished (31.4%) than among well-nourished (9.9%) children. Six species were isolated from malnourished children whereas four were found among well-nourished children. C. upsaliensis was the most frequent (13.3%) species isolated from malnourished children, followed by C. lari (7.6%) and C. fetus ssp. fetus (1.9%).

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