Publications
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| enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for virulence properties of campylobacter jejuni clinical isolates. | to evaluate the capacity of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (elisas) to identify pathogenic strains among clinical fecal isolates of campylobacter jejuni, 40 consecutively obtained strains from 39 sick patients and 1 asymptomatic person were tested by respective elisas for enterotoxin production in culture filtrates and for the invasive virulence antigen of bacterial cells. of the 40 strains, 14 produced the enterotoxin; 15 strains, two of which were also enterotoxigenic, were invasive; and 1 ... | 1986 | 3711295 |
| [rapid detection of campylobacter jejuni by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay in the patients with acute enteritis (i)]. | 1986 | 3712788 | |
| effect of iron concentration on toxin production in campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. | the effect of iron concentrations in culture media on supernatant yields of campylobacter cytotonic toxin (cct) was studied. of the 118 campylobacter spp. strains surveyed, 78.8% produced toxin in brucella broth or in casamino acids--yeast extract (cye) broth. when the iron concentration of cye was increased from 0.44 microgram/ml (7.9 microm) to 0.65 microgram/ml (11.6 microm) by the addition of ferric chloride, 94.9% of the strains were positive for toxin in a ganglioside gm1 based, enzyme-lin ... | 1986 | 3719459 |
| [serotyping of campylobacter jejuni/coli]. | 1986 | 3719684 | |
| campylobacter jejuni bacteraemia as a cause of recurrent fever in a patient with hypogammaglobulinaemia. | in a hypogammaglobulinaemic patient with faecal cultures persistently positive for campylobacter jejuni it was shown that c. jejuni bacteraemia was responsible for a long history of self-limiting attacks of fever. a focus of infection outside the gastro-intestinal tract was not found. antimicrobial treatment failed to eradicate c. jejuni. antibodies against c. jejuni were not detectable and there was also a defect in serum bactericidal activity. in contrast with normal serum, it was shown that, ... | 1986 | 3722839 |
| campylobacter jejuni appendicitis. | 1986 | 3724634 | |
| effect of egg storage upon the survival of campylobacter jejuni in laboratory-infected fertile poultry eggs. | fertile eggs were infected by campylobacter jejuni in the laboratory by a temperature differential method of inoculation, which resulted in up to 10% of the hatched birds carrying c. jejuni in the intestine. when infected eggs were stored for 5 1/2 days before incubation, the infection rate of the eggs had decreased to 20% or less when set, and no infected chicks were hatched. inoculation of eggs after 8 days in storage also failed to yield infected chicks. in all cases, the hatch ratio was no d ... | 1986 | 3729872 |
| campylobacter jejuni associated with a perirectal abscess. | 1986 | 3730961 | |
| colonization and infection of athymic and euthymic germfree mice by campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus. | human clinical strains of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus colonized the gastrointestinal tracts of both athymic (nu/nu) and euthymic (+/nu) germfree mice (balb/c). viable campylobacter spp. (10(9) to 10(10) cfu/g [dry weight] of cecum and colon contents) were isolated on day 3 after oral challenge, and similar large numbers of viable cells were evident at several intervals during a 10-month experiment. the stomachs and upper small intestines of nu/nu and +/nu mice that ... | 1986 | 3733222 |
| monoclonal antibodies directed against the flagella of campylobacter jejuni: cross-reacting and serotypic specificity and potential use in diagnosis. | nine monoclonal antibodies directed against the flagella of campylobacter jejuni strain 81116 have been investigated for serotypic and cross-reacting activity using a panel of 17 penner serotype strains of c. jejuni. four monoclonal antibodies were exclusively specific for serotype-6 strains, which was the serotype of c. jejuni strain 81116. two monoclonal antibodies cross-reacted with all the flagellated strains of c. jejuni tested. one of these cross-reacting monoclonal antibodies, cf5, was fo ... | 1986 | 3734423 |
| natural campylobacter colonization in chickens raised under different environmental conditions. | a cross-sectional study of 447 laying hens (age range 0-65 weeks) and a longitudinal study of 164 similar birds showed that campylobacter jejuni was not present in the faeces of newly hatched chicks, but that colonization arose after 5-9 weeks. a survey of 250 broilers obtained from four breeders showed that all were negative for c. jejuni before and after slaughter at the age of 5 weeks. once c. jejuni had appeared in a flock, it rapidly spread to virtually all birds, but at the age of 42 weeks ... | 1986 | 3734424 |
| aetiology and epidemiology of acute gastro-enteritis in swedish children. | in a prospective 1-year study, 144 children attending or admitted to hospital and 272 children outside hospital with acute gastro-enteritis and 200 controls were investigated by a broad panel of diagnostic methods for enteropathogenic agents in the faeces and for related antibody responses. enteropathogens were identified in 77% of the inpatients, 63% of the outpatients and 8% of the controls. rotavirus and yersinia enterocolitica were detected significantly more often among inpatients. altogeth ... | 1986 | 3734469 |
| distribution of campylobacter jejuni in wild birds and serogroup of isolates by slide agglutination technique. | 1986 | 3735880 | |
| the nucleotide sequences of two trna genes from campylobacter jejuni. | 1986 | 3737410 | |
| isolation of campylobacter jejuni from intestinal contents of chickens in mexico city. | 1986 | 3738283 | |
| [characteristics of the susceptibility to antimicrobial agents of campylobacter jejuni/coli strains]. | 1986 | 3738362 | |
| campylobacter jejuni in hospitalized children with diarrhoea in chiang mai, thailand. | in this hospital based study, campylobacter jejuni, although endemic in northern thailand was not found in a significantly higher percentage of diarrhoea than in control children. it was isolated from the stools of 14 of 208 diarrhoea (6.7%) and 6 of 108 (5.5%) control patients. ten of the 14 positive diarrhoea cases were mixed infections, other pathogens isolated simultaneously were enteropathogenic e. coli 4x, shigella spp. 3x, salmonella spp. 4x, rotavirus 3x, plesiomonas shigelloides 1x and ... | 1986 | 3738608 |
| campylobacter colitis in ranch mink in ontario. | outbreaks of colitis, where campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli were the only pathogens isolated occurred in weanling mink (mustella vision) on two commercial mink ranches in ontario. lesions were restricted to the proximal colon and were characterized by multiple 1 mm focal or 1 mm linear erosions/ulcers in the region 2 cm distal to the ileal-colonic junction. histological changes included thickening of the colonic mucosa, inflammatory cell infiltrate in the lamina propria and submucosa ... | 1986 | 3742356 |
| use of skirrow medium with membrane filters for selective isolation of campylobacter jejuni from stools. | 1986 | 3743564 | |
| the prevalence of bacterial intestinal pathogens in a healthy rural population in southern india. | in a one-year prospective survey bacterial intestinal pathogens unassociated with diarrhoeal episodes were isolated from 20.5% of stool samples from 48.5% of a stratified random sample of the population of a village in southern india. campylobacter jejuni was the pathogen most frequently isolated, followed by enteropathogenic serotypes of escherichia coli. the incidence of diarrhoea in the study population was lower than the frequency of isolation of bacterial intestinal pathogens. it is necessa ... | 1986 | 3746876 |
| [rapid detection of anti-campylobacter jejuni antibodies by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay in the patients with acute enteritis. (ii)]. | 1986 | 3747201 | |
| preparation of oligodeoxynucleotide-alkaline phosphatase conjugates and their use as hybridization probes. | short synthetic oligonucleotides have been covalently cross-linked to alkaline phosphatase using the homobifunctional reagent disuccinimidyl suberate. the oligomers, twenty-one to twenty-six bases in length, are complementary to unique sequences found in herpes simplex virus, hepatitis b virus, campylobacter jejuni and enterotoxigenic escherichia coli. each oligomer contains a single modified base with a 12-atom "linker arm" terminating in a reactive primary amine. cross-linking through this ami ... | 1986 | 3748805 |
| campylobacter infection associated with raw milk. an outbreak of gastroenteritis due to campylobacter jejuni and thermotolerant campylobacter fetus subsp fetus. | raw milk is identified with increasing numbers of outbreaks of gastroenteritis and is an important vehicle for transmission of campylobacter infection. unlike campylobacter jejuni, campylobacter fetus subsp fetus has not been associated with common-source outbreaks of gastroenteritis. this report describes an outbreak of gastroenteritis involving c jejuni and a thermotolerant strain of c fetus subsp fetus associated with raw milk. fifteen (39%) of 38 persons who attended a banquet in wisconsin i ... | 1986 | 3753617 |
| strain characterization and grouping of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli by interaction with lectins. | strains of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli were characterized and grouped by their distinct reaction patterns with lectins. heating of the campylobacter cultures to 100 degrees c and holding for 30 to 60 min greatly enhanced their reactivity with lectins and permitted the grouping of all but 3 of 155 cultures tested in this study without interference of autoagglutination and other nonspecific activities. the lectin reaction patterns of the heated cultures were stable and reproducible ... | 1986 | 3754264 |
| [diseases caused by campylobacter jejuni in childhood]. | 1986 | 3757003 | |
| the chicken embryo as a model for campylobacter invasion: comparative virulence of human isolates of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. | eleven-day-old chicken embryos were used to compare the relative virulence of minimally passaged human isolates of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. graded doses of bacteria were inoculated onto the chorioallantoic membrane, and 50% lethal doses were calculated at 72 h postinfection. strains varied markedly in their ability to invade the chorioallantoic membrane and kill the embryos. the 50% lethal doses varied by about 6 logs for 25 strains of c. jejuni, and by 2 logs for 5 strains o ... | 1986 | 3759232 |
| chronic diarrhea associated with campylobacter jejuni infection in a cat. | campylobacter jejuni was isolated from a cat with chronic diarrhea. the diarrheic cat and another cat (which previously had diarrhea) in the same household had bactericidal antibody titers to the c jejuni. clinical response to antibiotic therapy and not recovering campylobacter sp from normal feces after treatment also supported the diagnosis of campylobacter-associated diarrhea. although the owner had a protracted episode of diarrhea, c jejuni was not isolated from the owner's feces, nor was a ... | 1986 | 3759618 |
| comparative efficacy of seven selective media for isolating campylobacter jejuni. | diarrheal stools from 263 patients were inoculated on seven selective media: butzler selective medium, blaser medium, skirrow blood agar, preston campylobacter selective medium, preston campylobacter blood-free medium, butzler virion medium, and modified preston medium (with amphotericin b [2 mg/liter]). a similar number of campylobacter jejuni strains were isolated from all the media studied; nevertheless, the presence of competing fecal flora (ff) made the detection of suspect colonies difficu ... | 1986 | 3760137 |
| [campylobacter jejuni enteritis in infants]. | 1986 | 3764182 | |
| [acute campylobacter jejuni enterocolitis in children under 2 years of age]. | 1986 | 3764191 | |
| [campylobacter jejuni septicemia]. | 1986 | 3764855 | |
| viable but nonculturable stage of campylobacter jejuni and its role in survival in the natural aquatic environment. | conditions influencing the survival of campylobacter jejuni in the natural aquatic environment have been determined. release of campylobacter spp. into natural waters by animal hosts is postulated to play a key role in the maintenance of viability and transmission of the organism in the environment. laboratory flask microcosms containing filter-sterilized stream water were used to test c. jejuni for the ability to remain viable in simulated natural systems. the microcosms were compared with the ... | 1986 | 3767358 |
| [investigation on serotyping of the campylobacter jejuni group]. | 1986 | 3769671 | |
| association with hela cells of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli isolated from human feces. | we developed a rapid in vitro test for determining the association of campylobacter jejuni and c. coli with hela cells. association was expressed as a weighted mean of the number of bacteria associated with one cell in an association index (ai). the reproducibility of the ai was checked by repeating the test six times, using four strains chosen at random. means and standard deviations of the means were 7.3 +/- 1.2, 6.8 +/- 0.9, 1.8 +/- 1.2, and 0.1 +/- 0.2. the experimental conditions for which ... | 1986 | 3770943 |
| techniques for the optimum recovery of cold injured campylobacter jejuni from milk or water. | when broth was inoculated with cells of campylobacter jejuni that had been injured by chilling there was a fall in the viable population of up to 90%. it was greater at 43 degrees than 37 degrees c and in the presence of certain antibiotics and in some cases resulted in a surviving population that was below the minimum inoculum for subsequent growth. a technique of pre-enrichment in non-selective culture broth at 37 degrees c for 2 h before the addition of antibiotics and incubation at 43 degree ... | 1986 | 3771411 |
| modified selective medium for isolation of campylobacter spp. from feces: comparison with preston medium, a blood-free medium, and a filtration system. | our previously described (h. goossens, m. de boeck, and j. p. butzler, eur. j. clin. microbiol. 2:389-393, 1983) selective medium, consisting of cefoperazone (15 mg/liter), rifampin (10 mg/liter), colistin (10,000 iu/liter), and amphotericin b (2 mg/liter) (medium m1), for the isolation of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli from stool specimens was modified as follows: cefoperazone (30 mg/liter), rifampin (10 mg/liter), and amphotericin b (2 mg/liter) (medium m2). a comparative study of ... | 1986 | 3771769 |
| biotype and serogroup distribution of campylobacter isolates from children in nigeria. | a total of 101 campylobacter isolates from nigerian children with or without gastroenteritis were biotyped and serogrouped by using the lior typing schemes (h. lior, j. clin. microbiol. 20:636-640, 1984; h. lior, d. l. woodward, j. a. edgar, l. j. laroche, and p. gill, j. clin. microbiol. 15:761-768, 1982). fifty-three (52.5%) of the isolates were campylobacter jejuni biotype i, 29 (28.7%) were c. jejuni biotype ii, 10 (9.9%) were campylobacter coli biotype i, and 9 (8.9%) were c. coli biotype i ... | 1986 | 3771772 |
| rate of campylobacter spp. isolation in three regions of ontario, canada, from 1978 to 1985. | isolation rates of campylobacter spp. were analyzed for an 8-year period, 1978 through 1985. three laboratories of the ontario ministry of health examined 146,842 human feces samples for bacterial pathogens, including campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. campylobacter spp. were isolated from 5,580 specimens (3.8%), with monthly isolation rates ranging from 1.1 to 7.4%. the data showed a seasonal distribution of isolations, with peaks during the summer months (june to september). most inf ... | 1986 | 3771774 |
| monosaccharide composition of lipopolysaccharides from campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. | the monosaccharide composition of the lps from 5 campylobacter jejuni strains and 7 campylobacter coli strains has been studied. all lps's contained kdo, heptose, glucosamine, glucose, and (with one exception) galactose. all c. jejuni and 3 c. coli lps's contained greater than 1% galactosamine. 3-amino-3.6-dideoxyglucose was present in all but one c. coli lps and in only one c. jejuni lps. | 1986 | 3772734 |
| campylobacter bacteraemia: a report of 10 cases. | ten cases of campylobacter bacteraemia, which were diagnosed over a three-year period, are described. four patients presented with acute gastrointestinal illness, three patients had acute febrile illnesses, two patients had cellulitis and one patient presented with ureteric colic. two patients had lifelong agammaglobulinaemia, two were undergoing corticosteroid therapy and there was one nosocomial infection. in contrast with previous reports, the most common species that was isolated was campylo ... | 1986 | 3773807 |
| effect of ascorbic, isoascorbic and dehydroascorbic acids on the growth and survival of campylobacter jejuni. | ascorbic acid (asa), added to nutrient broth at a concentration of 5 mmol/l, was bactericidal towards campylobacter jejuni grown at 42 degrees c in a micro-aerobic atmosphere. specific enzymes, radical scavengers, metal chelators and reducing agents were tested as possible antagonists to the cytotoxicity of asa. the addition of catalase or of the metal chelators ceruloplasmin or desferal did not prevent the cytotoxic effect of asa. the addition of the hydroxyl radical scavengers mannitol, format ... | 1986 | 3781941 |
| faecal carriage rate of yersinia species. | a total of 1,203 unselected routine faecal samples from 1,006 patients were cultured for yersinia species by a cold enrichment technique. seventy-five specimens (6.1%) from 63 patients were culture-positive for yersinia spp. fifty-two were yersinia enterocolitica, 22 yersinia frederiksenii and 1 yersinia intermedia. the predominant y. enterocolitica isolates belonged to biotype 1 - serotype 0:6, 30 or serotype 0:5, 27. y. frederiksenii strains were non-typable. forty isolates were recovered from ... | 1986 | 3782782 |
| hepatic lesions in experimental campylobacter jejuni infection of mice. | mice orally infected with campylobacter jejuni developed focal infiltrative necrotic lesions in the liver, as determined by both histology and liver function tests. the initial histopathological feature was a focal infiltrative lesion in the parenchyma and portal triads. foci of infiltrative lesions became necrotic between days 30 and 60 post-inoculation (p.i.). during this period, portal infiltrates increased in severity. from month 4 p.i., focal areas of infiltrative necrosis in the liver pare ... | 1986 | 3625168 |
| the relative importance of various enteropathogens as a cause of diarrhoea in hospitalized children in chiang mai, thailand. | a study of 208 children aged under 15 hospitalized with diarrhea and 108 matched controls was conducted at chiang mai university hospital, chiang mai, thailand from may 1983 to april 1984 to investigate the incidence, seasonal distribution, and causative agents of diarrhea. 1 or more enteropathogens were isolated from 121 (58%) diarrhea patients and from 32 (30%) controls. in diarrhea patients, shigella spp. were most frequently isolated (22%) followed by enteropathogenic escherichia coli (epe ... | 1986 | 3794260 |
| low incidence of campylobacter enteritis in northern ireland. | in a prospective survey carried out over 9 months in 1984 in the department of bacteriology, belfast city hospital, campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 24 out of 1200 faecal specimens (2%) from patients with acute diarrhoea. this isolation rate is much lower than that from other parts of mainland britain which report an isolation rate of between 8 and 15%. it is difficult to explain this large discrepancy but the limited availability of unpasteurized milk and the generally worse summer here ( ... | 1986 | 3794324 |
| phagocytosis of campylobacter jejuni and c. coli by peritoneal macrophages. | guinea-pig resident peritoneal macrophages had no activity against freshly isolated campylobacter jejuni, whilst c. coli was phagocytosed and killed. the number of bacteria killed by macrophages always exceeded the number of those ingested, suggesting an extracellular mechanism of killing. | 1986 | 3794651 |
| the viability of campylobacter jejuni on refrigerated chicken drumsticks. | radappertized chicken drumsticks were experimentally contaminated with suspensions of campylobacter jejuni in two trials. qualitative analysis on drumsticks with an initial level of contamination of 4.8 x 10(3) cfu/cm2 showed that viability was retained for at least 10 days of storage at either 9 degrees or -12 degrees c. in a second quantitative trial, the level of contamination declined from 9.9 x 10(2) cfu/cm2 to 4.5 x 10(1) cfu/cm2 after 7 days at -20 degrees c. thereafter, c. jejuni persist ... | 1986 | 3798737 |
| campylobacter jejuni contamination of eggs. | contamination of commercial table eggs with a fecal suspension containing 4.4 x 10(6) cfu/g campylobacter jejuni resulted in shell penetration in 3/70 eggs and recovery of the organism from homogenized egg contents in 1/70 eggs. viability of c. jejuni on the shell surface was retained for only 16 hours, attributed to desiccation of the fecal suspension. a field survey of three commercial laying farms and their associated egg-packing plants showed that hens demonstrated to be fecal shedders of c. ... | 1986 | 3798738 |
| detection of serum antibody response in patients infected with one strain of campylobacter jejuni with a dig-elisa method. | paired sera from 10 patients and a convalescence sample from one patient suffering from campylobacteriosis were analysed for igg, igm and iga antibodies against the infective organism (campylobacter jejuni pen 0:6,7) with a dig-elisa system. either formalinized, ethanol-inactivated or heat-inactivated preparations of the infecting organism were used as antigens. cross reactivity was tested with human sera having agglutinating antibodies against yersinia enterocolitica (n = 6) or salmonella typhi ... | 1986 | 3808455 |
| [septicemia caused by campylobacter jejuni]. | 1986 | 3810578 | |
| toxic megacolon due to campylobacter colitis. | campylobacter jejuni is a common cause of acute infectious diarrhoea. most patients recover in less than a week, but 20 per cent may have a prolonged or severe illness [1]. we describe a patient who developed a fulminant toxic dilatation of the colon necessitating a subtotal colectomy. | 1986 | 3598315 |
| [campylobacter jejuni/coli in partridges (perdix perdix l.) and pheasants (phasianus colchicus l.)]. | 1986 | 3814066 | |
| [epidemiology and epizootiology of enteritis caused by campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli]. | 1986 | 3822876 | |
| [incidence of campylobacter jejuni/coli in swine and poultry. possible relationship to human disease on the basis of characteristics of species and serotype]. | 1986 | 3823733 | |
| [frequency of infection with campylobacter jejuni/coli and the occurrence of igg, igm and complement-fixing antibodies against the agent in workers in poultry abattoirs in santiago, chile]. | 1986 | 3825343 | |
| [modification of intestinal colonization and translocation of campylobacter jejuni by erythromycin and an extract of lactobacillus acidophilus in axenic mice]. | erythromycin (15 mg) or lyophylized heat-killed lactobacillus acidophilus (80 mg) were administered per os daily in germ-free mice infected at day o with 10(7)-10(8) campylobacter jejuni per os. bacterial colonization of intestine and bacterial translocation of c. jejuni toward mesenteric lymph nodes, blood and liver were then studied for 5 days. the results were compared with those from an infected untreated control group. compared to the control group, the numbers of free and mucosa-associated ... | 1986 | 3122638 |
| heterozygosity at the km locus associated with humoral immunity to campylobacter jejuni. | serum samples from 43 caucasian subjects convalescing from acute campylobacter jejuni infection were typed for nine gm and two km determinants. the sera were also used to measure iga, igg, and igm classes of antibody to acid-labile surface proteins of c. jejuni by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. a highly significant association (p = 0.004) was found between km1/km3 heterozygotes and the level of iga antibodies. these results suggest the existence of complementary immune response genes whic ... | 1986 | 3274046 |
| extraintestinal campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli infections: host factors and strain characteristics. | to determine whether extraintestinal isolates of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli are the consequence of unusual host or bacterial characteristics, we studied clinical and bacteriologic features of 24 extraintestinal infections. common serotypes and auxotypes were present among the extraintestinal isolates. gastrointestinal isolates were more susceptible to normal human serum than were the systemic isolates; however, the ranges overlapped considerably. predispositions to systemic spre ... | 1986 | 3512731 |
| western blot analysis of intestinal secretory immunoglobulin a response to campylobacter jejuni antigens in patients with naturally acquired campylobacter enteritis. | secretory immunoglobulin a (siga) response at the intestinal mucosa is a primary defense against enteric infections. we sought to determine which antigens of campylobacter jejuni outer membranes elicited siga responses in 8 patients with naturally acquired campylobacter enteritis using western blot analysis of fecal extracts. naturally acquired campylobacter infection elicited an siga response in 7 of 8 patients. of these 7 patients, 5 had campylobacter-specific siga titers of 1:16 and two had t ... | 1986 | 3514359 |
| two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography for the specific detection of hippurate hydrolysis by microorganisms. | glycine, one of the end products of hippurate hydrolysis by microorganisms, was detected by a rapid, specific technique utilizing two-dimensional thin-layer chromatography. a loopful of growth of each organism from its suitable agar medium was washed, suspended, and incubated with 0.1% sodium hippurate for 30 min at 37 degrees c. the supernatant of the incubated suspension from each organism was then dansylated, and the dansyl derivatives were separated by two-dimensional thin-layer chromatograp ... | 1986 | 3517036 |
| enrichment for detection of campylobacter jejuni. | gifu anaerobe-modified semisolid medium supplemented with vancomycin, polymyxin b, trimethoprim, and amphotericin b can serve as an efficient enrichment for the recovery of campylobacter jejuni under aerobic conditions. it is superior to the direct plating method in its recovery of very small numbers of c. jejuni. blood supplementation, agitation, and elevated temperatures are not required for this improved recovery. | 1986 | 3519661 |
| isolation of campylobacter jejuni in hunan, the people's republic of china: epidemiology and comparison of chinese and american methodology. | the incidence of infection with campylobacter jejuni was determined in individuals with and without diarrheal disease seen at a hospital in changsha, china. stool specimens were cultured by two methods: one developed by the chinese and a second control method used commonly in the united states. among people with diarrhea, 18.7% of the 48 children and 8.7% of 104 adults were infected with campylobacter jejuni. in the group without diarrhea, 8.6% of 105 children but none of 76 adults tested had th ... | 1986 | 3522087 |
| antigenicity of campylobacter jejuni flagella. | we studied the antigenicity of a wild-type flagellate and motile (f+m+) campylobacter jejuni strain (81116) and two daughter mutants, one flagellate and immotile (f+m-) and one aflagellate and immotile (f-m-). by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of acid-extracted surface proteins, a 63-kilodalton (kda) band identified from sheared flagella as the flagellar protein was present in the f+m+ and f+m- strains but not in the f-m- strain. no other differences in protein profile ... | 1986 | 3522430 |
| control of shigella flexneri in celebes black macaques (macaca nigra). | stool specimens collected systematically from a group of celebes black macaques (macaca nigra) with a high incidence of diarrhea were examined microbiologically. numerous isolates of shigella flexneri, campylobacter jejuni and pathogenic escherichia coli were recovered. previous parasitology reports had revealed that the majority of the animals had balantidium coli. subsequently, the group was treated with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, erythromycin and tetracycline. after treatment, shigella fl ... | 1986 | 3523037 |
| abortion and perinatal sepsis associated with campylobacter infection. | fetal loss or neonatal sepsis associated with campylobacter infection during pregnancy is infrequently recognized. as reported herein, one case of premature labor and neonatal sepsis due to campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus was treated successfully with ampicillin and gentamicin. only 19 similar cases have been cited in the literature. a review of these 19 cases reveals that the campylobacter species involved were probably c. fetus subspecies fetus in nine instances, campylobacter jejuni in n ... | 1986 | 3523697 |
| pathogenesis of campylobacter spp. in athymic and euthymic germfree mice. | adult athymic (nu/nu) and euthymic (+/nu) germfree balb/c mice were orally challenged with pure cultures of campylobacter jejuni (human clinical fecal strains) and a human blood isolate of campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus. after a period of adaptation to the mouse intestinal tract, all three c. jejuni strains caused disease in gnotobiotic mice. mouse-adapted, weakly cytotoxic c. jejuni 45100 consistently induced disease symptoms (transient diarrhea, cecal shrinkage, and acute inflammatory change ... | 1986 | 3525411 |
| probing of campylobacter jejuni with dna coding for escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin. | 1986 | 3525701 | |
| [who discovered campylobacter jejuni/coli? a review of hitherto disregarded literature]. | non culturable spiral form bacteria were noted in 1886 by theodor escherich. he found them in stool specimens and large intestinal mucous associated with diarrhoea in neonates as well as in kittens. in the following years till the end of the century a number of mainly german language publications appeared, describing the occurrence of such "spirilla" in cases of "cholera-like" and "dysenteric" disease. these organisms were found mainly in the colon or associated with mucous in diarrheal stool sp ... | 1986 | 3526758 |
| antibody response in patients infected with one common strain of campylobacter jejuni. evidence for production of antibodies against thermostable soluble antigens. | antibody production was investigated for ten patients from a group of 20 who had contracted infections with a strain of campylobacter jejuni of serotype pen 6,7. production of antibody was determined by titrating ten sets of paired sera for agglutination of formalin-treated and heat-treated cell suspensions and by passive hemagglutination using both sheep and human o rh-red blood cells sensitized with extracted soluble thermostable antigens. all patients had demonstrable antibodies against the f ... | 1986 | 3528928 |
| [experience in isolating campylobacter jejuni from patients with acute intestinal diseases]. | erythrite agar, a commercial culture medium produced by the research institute for culture media (makhachkala, ussr), is suitable for the cultivation of c. jejuni after the addition of hemolized sheep blood. the addition of antibiotics to the medium permits its use for the isolation of c. jejuni from feces. by means of this medium c. jejuni has been isolated from the feces of 10% of patients hospitalized on account of acute infectious intestinal diseases. | 1986 | 3529758 |
| [epidemiologic evaluation of a sample of 91 rats (rattus norvegicus) captured in the sewers of lyon]. | 91 rats captured in 1982 in the sewers of lyon (france) have been examined for the presence of some microorganisms implicated in infections transmissible to man, by direct examination, bacteriological culture or detection of specific antibodies. bacteriological results have shown a high proportion of carriers of yersinia enterocolitica and frederiksenii (29%), of pasteurella pneumotropica (29%), of staphylococcus aureus (53%), and of campylobacter jejuni (18%), a low proportion of carriers of sa ... | 1986 | 3532637 |
| direct immunofluorescence microscopy for rapid screening of campylobacter enteritis. | diagnostic use of a direct fluorescent-antibody test for detection of campylobacter jejuni and c. coli in human fecal specimens (n = 497) was compared with detection by culturing (specificity, 99.7%; sensitivity, 40%). conjugates were prepared from immunoglobulin g antibody against 22 lior c. jejuni and c. coli reference strains (h. lior, d. l. woodward, j. a. edgar, l. j. laroche, and p. gill, j. clin. microbiol. 15:761-768, 1982). interestingly, the serotypes of cultures tested by the direct f ... | 1986 | 3533990 |
| [campylobacter jejuni/coli--isolated by coprocultures from cases of acute diarrhea]. | 1986 | 3538336 | |
| [incidence and transmission of campylobacter jejuni/coli in the production of young fattening poultry. 2. study of the characterization, resistance behavior and pathogenicity of campylobacter jejuni/coli in poultry]. | 1986 | 3542476 | |
| [comparison of various selective supplements in the cultivation of campylobacter jejuni/coli from fecal samples]. | 1986 | 3544537 | |
| survey of campylobacter jejuni and enterotoxigenic escherichia coli in kenya. | 1986 | 3546042 | |
| the comparative activity of pefloxacin, enoxacin, ciprofloxacin and 13 other antimicrobial agents against enteropathogenic microorganisms. | in this study, we compared the activity of pefloxacin, enoxacin and ciprofloxacin against 269 enteropathogenic strains (campylobacter jejuni, enteropathogenic escherichia coli, salmonella typhi, shigella spp., vibrio cholerae and yersinia enterocolitica) with that of rosoxacin, flumequin, nifuroxazide, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, ampicillin, cefotaxime, tetracycline, amikacin, netilmicin, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim and co-trimoxazole. pefloxacin, enoxacin and ciprofloxacin were always amo ... | 1986 | 3546145 |
| early treatment with erythromycin of campylobacter jejuni-associated dysentery in children. | to evaluate the efficacy of early treatment with erythromycin on the duration of fecal excretion and of diarrhea associated with campylobacter jejuni, 170 patients, age 3 to 60 months, were randomly assigned in a double-blind fashion to receive either erythromycin ethyl succinate or placebo immediately after being seen at cayetano heredia hospital because of acute dysentery. the groups' pretreatment characteristics were comparable. of the 30 patients with stools positive for c. jejuni, 12 were i ... | 1986 | 3488385 |
| susceptibility of clinical isolates of campylobacter jejuni to twenty-five antimicrobial agents. | the in-vitro activity of 25 antimicrobial agents against 113 to 161 clinical isolates of campylobacter jejuni was tested by an agar dilution method. all strains were susceptible to the four aminoglycosides tested, to imipenem, chloramphenicol and norfloxacin. one strain (0.6%) was resistant to each of the following antibiotics: nalidixic acid, erythromycin and clindamycin. the frequency of tetracycline, metronidazole and cotrimoxazole resistance among our isolates was 14.5%, 56.4% and 96% respec ... | 1986 | 3493235 |
| methods for detecting and enumerating campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli in poultry. | methods, media, and biochemical tests for detecting, enumerating, isolating, and identifying campylobacter jejuni and c. coli in foods are summarized with special consideration of poultry and poultry products. information is drawn largely from the american public health association compendium of methods for the microbiological examination of foods and the us food and drug administration bacteriological analytical manual for foods. reference is also made to recently advanced techniques and proced ... | 1986 | 3554203 |
| [comparison of campylobacter jejuni isolation methods and the effect of moisture content on colony morphology]. | several isolation methods and media and the effect of moisture content on colony morphology were compared for the primary isolation of campylobacter jejuni. of the 200 rectal swabs from cattle and sheep tested for the isolation of c. jejuni, 19.5% were positive on butzler medium and 16.5% were positive on skirrow medium. the transportation of samples in modified cary-blair medium increased the isolation rate. of the 300 gallbladder from cattle and sheep tested for the isolation of c. jejuni, 5% ... | 1986 | 3561277 |
| [the incidence of campylobacter jejuni and other pathogenic bacteria in childhood summer diarrhea]. | it was investigated the incidence of campylobacter jejuni which has been recognized as a common cause of akut gastroenteritis and other pathogenic bacteria in childhood summer diarrhea. it was examined 94 diarrheic patients stool in 0-5 years old in summer months 1985-86. campylobacter jejuni, salmonella, shigella were isolated as a pathogenic bacteria. | 1986 | 3561278 |
| [studies on phage typing of campylobacter jejuni/coli]. | 1986 | 3577114 | |
| biotypes and serotypes among campylobacter jejuni strains in lagos. | 1986 | 3568121 | |
| isolation of campylobacter jejuni from diarrhoea patients in eastern province of saudi arabia. | 1986 | 3571879 | |
| prevalence of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli among wild and domestic animals in yamaguchi prefecture. | 1986 | 3574158 | |
| occurrence of campylobacter jejuni in dog faeces from the streets of a southern chilean city. | 1986 | 3602827 | |
| morphologic observations of experimental campylobacter jejuni infection in the hamster intestinal tract. | the authors have developed a model for the diarrhea and intestinal lesions seen in campylobacter jejuni enterocolitis by colonizing the hamster ileum and cecum with c jejuni. erythematous inflammation of the ileum and cecum and distention of the cecum with fluid were observed at autopsy. the cecal mucosa appeared edematous. epithelial abnormalities observed by light microscopy included focal edema, occasional hyperplasia, diffuse hyperemia, and infiltration of the lamina propria with leukocytes. ... | 1986 | 3942198 |
| immune response to campylobacter jejuni in a rural community in thailand. | we studied the prevalence of antibodies to campylobacter jejuni in serum from healthy thai villagers by using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays with c. jejuni surface proteins as antigens. levels of c. jejuni-specific iga rose progressively through life, igg peaked in the second year of life and then fell, and igm peaked during late childhood and the teenage years. these findings confirm results observed in bangladeshi children, and they suggest there is intense early exposure and continued exp ... | 1986 | 3944480 |
| campylobacter jejuni diarrhea in a 3-day-old male neonate. | 1986 | 3946343 | |
| multiple angiomatous proliferations of ileal stoma following campylobacter enteritis. effect of laser photocoagulation. | multiple polypoid sessile tumors arose at the tip of the ileal stoma of a 37-year-old man, who previously underwent proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis. the lesions developed shortly after a well-established gastrointestinal infection with campylobacter jejuni with mucosal ulceration. the histological and ultrastructural examination showed angiomatous proliferations, reminiscent of pyogenic granuloma. the destruction of the tumors by laser photocoagulation was followed by superficial ulcerati ... | 1986 | 3948633 |
| distribution of sero-biotypes of campylobacter jejuni and c. coli isolated from paediatric patients. | during a one-year period, 258 isolates of campylobacter jejuni and c. coli were obtained from children with gastroenteritis or bacteraemia at the red cross children's hospital, cape town, south africa. these isolates were biotyped by hippurate hydrolysis, h2s production and tolerance to 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (ttc). our study indicated that 95.4% of the isolates were c. jejuni biotype 1, 1.5% were c. jejuni biotype 2 and 3.1% were c. coli; 70% of the isolates were resistant to ttc. ... | 1986 | 3950960 |
| a survey of campylobacter and other bacterial contaminants of pre-market chicken and retail poultry and meats, king county, washington. | as part of a larger study to determine the flow of campylobacter and salmonella from food animals to humans during 1982-83, 1,936 swabs were collected for bacteriologic study from pre-market chickens, retail poultry, and other retail meats as well as from equipment and work surfaces used to process such foods. of the 297 samples collected in a poultry processing plant, 56.6 per cent were positive for campylobacter jejuni/coli (cjc), as were 23.1 per cent of the 862 retail chicken, and 17.2 per c ... | 1986 | 3953916 |
| the role of poultry and meats in the etiology of campylobacter jejuni/coli enteritis. | to determine the role of meats as possible sources of infection leading to campylobacter jejuni/coli (cjc) enteritis, 218 cases and 526 controls were selected from the king county group health cooperative (ghc) population from april 1982 through september 1983. all subjects were interviewed regarding food consumption one week prior to case onset. consumption of chicken and cornish game hen were both associated with more than a doubling of the risk of cjc enteritis: for chicken (relative risk = 2 ... | 1986 | 3953917 |
| epidemic campylobacteriosis associated with a community water supply. | in may 1983, an estimated 865 cases of epidemic gastrointestinal disease occurred in greenville, florida. surveillance of pharmacy sales of antidiarrheal medicines suggested that the outbreak was confined to greenville and its immediate vicinity. surveys demonstrated that the gastrointestinal illness attack rates inside and outside the city limits were 56 per cent (72/128) and 9 per cent (7/77), respectively (relative risk (rr) = 6.2); consumption of city water was associated with illness (rr = ... | 1986 | 3953920 |
| epidemiologic study of campylobacteriosis in iowa cattle and the possible role of unpasteurized milk as a vehicle of infection. | bile samples were collected from 477 iowa dairy cows and were cultured for thermophilic campylobacters. the prevalence of thermophilic campylobacters in the bile was 15.5%. campylobacter jejuni and c coli from dairy cattle, chickens, pigs, sheep, and human beings were serotyped to develop host-species profiles. human and cattle serologic profiles were the most similar, and human and chicken profiles shared several similarities. epidemiologic data from 168 human cases of campylobacteriosis indica ... | 1986 | 3954200 |
| inactivation of campylobacter jejuni by chlorine and monochloramine. | campylobacter jejuni and closely related organisms are important bacterial causes of acute diarrheal illness in the united states. both endemic and epidemic infections have been associated with consuming untreated or improperly treated surface water. we compared susceptibility of three c. jejuni strains and escherichia coli atcc 11229 with standard procedures used to disinfect water. inactivation of bacterial preparations with 0.1 mg of chlorine and 1.0 mg of monochloramine per liter was determi ... | 1986 | 3954344 |
| methods for isolating campylobacter jejuni from low-turbidity water. | membrane filtration methods were developed and evaluated for the quantitative recovery of campylobacter jejuni from environmental waters of low turbidity. the best procedure studied involved passaging the test water through a filter (pore size, 0.45 micron) and plating it facedown on campylobacter-selective agar. the filter was removed after overnight incubation, and the plate was streaked for isolation and then reincubated. this method, with or without prefiltration through 5.0- and 0.6-micron- ... | 1986 | 3954345 |
| isolation of campylobacter jejuni from retail mushrooms. | campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 3 (1.5%) of 200 retail, polyvinyl chloride film-wrapped, fresh mushrooms. these results indicate that fresh mushrooms may indeed be a source of c. jejuni and support previously reported epidemiological data (seattle-king county department of public health, surveillance of the flow of salmonella and campylobacter in a community, 1984) which revealed an an elevated relative risk of developing campylobacter enteritis in individuals who consume mushrooms. | 1986 | 3954354 |
| campylobacter jejuni and infantile traveller's diarrhoea. | 1986 | 3956542 |