Publications
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| infective dose of campylobacter jejuni in milk. | 1981 | 6786571 | |
| isolation of campylobacter fetus subsp jejuni from zoo animals. | over a 1-year period, 619 fecal specimens from animals at the denver zoo were cultured for campylobacter fetus subsp jejuni. the organism was isolated from 35 animals, including 12 primates, 2 felids, a red panda, 13 hooved animals, 6 birds, and 1 reptile. of 44 cultured fecal specimens from diarrheal animals, 31.8% were positive for campylobacter, whereas only 5.6% of 575 specimens from animals without diarrhea were positive (p less than 0.001). among 25 isolates tested, 12 serotypes were repre ... | 1981 | 6799468 |
| campylobacter gastroenteritis in neonates. | campylobacter fetus enteritis is thought to be an unusual infection in the newborn. we describe eight term neonates with gastroenteritis caused by c fetus subspecies jejuni who were seen during a two-year period. symptoms of bloody diarrhea (7/8) and irritability (6/8) began between 2 and 11 days of age. none of the infants was seriously ill; only one infant was febrile. none of the seven infants who had blood cultures drawn had bacteremia with c fetus, and none of the infants had complications. ... | 1981 | 7293989 |
| perinatal campylobacter fetus ss jejuni enteritis. | a 2-day-old breast-fed male infant developed mucoid and blood diarrhoea, and campylobacter fetus ss jejuni was isolated from the stools but not from the blood. the probable source of transmission was his mother in whom symptoms of campylobacter jejuni-associated illness began one day earlier. both showed igm, igg and iga antibody responses to autologous and reciprocal strains of campylobacter jejuni as studied by elisa. | 1981 | 7234412 |
| diarrhea due to campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni. a clinical review of 63 cases. | campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni was isolated fom the feces of 63 (3.2%) of the 1,953 patients who had stools cultured at the mayo clinic in 1979. in contrast, salmonella and shigella combined were isolated from 31 (1.6%) patients. two patients had double infections with salmonella species and c. fetus subsp jejuni. three patients had no diarrhea at the time of stool culture. one patient, who had chronic lymphocytic leukemia, had both blood and stool cultures positive for c. fetus subsp jej ... | 1981 | 7253703 |
| campylobacter enterocolitis. | we report four patients with bloody diarrhea and colitis from campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni. two patients had dogs with campylobacter fetus in their stools. all patients responded rapidly and completely to erythromycin therapy. campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni is now a relatively common cause of enterocolitis, more common than salmonella or shigella. when the organism causes short-lived water diarrhea, a definitive diagnosis is not necessary. in a patient with bloody diarrhea and ac ... | 1981 | 7240691 |
| [prevalence of campylobacter fetus ssp. jejuni in danish dogs (author's transl)]. | rectal swabs from dogs were examined for campylobacter fetus ssp. jejuni. the rate of positive findings from dogs with diarrhoea was 17.2% compared with 11.1% from the group of control dogs (without diarrhoea). thus dogs may, under danish conditions, be reservoir for campylobacter. most of the isolations were made on bloodagar after filtration of the samples through 0.6 mu filters. the selectivity of two media developed for examination of human faecal samples was either too low or too high for t ... | 1981 | 7220268 |
| pancreas affection in association with enteritis due to campylobacter fetus ssp. jejuni. | a woman with pancreas affection during diarrhoea due to campylobacter fetus ssp. jejuni is presented. the patient recovered within 8 days without specific treatment. in addition, 5 other cases with pancreas affection associated with campylobacter infection are cited. | 1981 | 7223520 |
| experimental infection of rhesus monkeys with a human strain of campylobacter jejuni. | young rhesus monkeys (macaca mulatta) were infected orally with a human strain of campylobacter jejuni. the disease induced was mild, with inappetence and diarrhoea of short duration, but prolonged intermittent excretion of the bacteria in the faeces occurred. bacteraemia was generally present for 2--3 days and later the organisms localized in the liver and gall bladder. recovered animals, when challenged with the same strain, showed no clinical symptoms, no bacteraemia, and excreted the organis ... | 1981 | 7016990 |
| [campylobacter fetus intestinalis septicemia]. | 1981 | 7208200 | |
| [campylobacter neonatal enteritis (author's transl)]. | authors communicate four cases of bloody diarrhea in neonates, with campylobacter fetus jejuni in the stools. in one case, the same bacteria was isolated from the mother and, in another case, existed possibility of a cross-infection. the mildness of the evolution is marked, specially in those cases in which maternal feeding was continued. some diagnostic and epidemiological aspects, concerning the neonatal period, are commented. | 1981 | 6975051 |
| evaluation of transport and storage techniques for isolation of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from turkey cecal specimens. | immediate culturing of fecal specimens is not always possible, and appropriate methods for transport and storage of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni specimens have not been fully evaluated. using nine techniques, we studied the survival of c. fetus subsp. jejuni in cecal specimens from infected turkeys. the organisms survived in specimens held without transport medium for 3 to 15 days (median, 9 days) at 4 degrees c, and 2 to 9 days (median, 4 days) at 25 degrees c. only 20% of specimens frozen ... | 1981 | 7016895 |
| enteropathogenic bacteria in frozen chicken. | eighty-two samples of frozen chicken from retail stores were examined for the presence of campylobacter, yersinia enterocolitica, and salmonellae. aerobic plate counts and numbers of coliform bacteria at 37 degrees c were determined. campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni was found in 22% of the samples, y. enterocolitica was found in 24.5% and salmonella typhimurium was found in one sample (1.2%). the isolated strains of y. enterocolitica belonged to serotypes 4, 5b, 6, and 8. aerobic plate counts a ... | 1981 | 7020597 |
| campylobacter fetus subsp jejuni bacteremia in diffuse lymphoma. | 1981 | 7022038 | |
| the etiology of anorectal infections in homosexual men. | the infectious etiology of symptomatic anorectal disease was studied in 52 homosexual men who did not have gonococci on initial gram stain of anorectal exudate. herpes simplex virus (hsv) was isolated from the anal canal or rectum in 15 of the 52 (29 percent) men and characteristically caused severe anorectal pain and focal ulcerations visible on sigmoidoscopy. despite negative initial gram stains, seven men (14 percent) had anorectal gonococcal infection. six (12 percent) had syphilis, includin ... | 1981 | 7025620 |
| [endocarditis caused by campylobacter fetus. description of a new case]. | 1981 | 7036252 | |
| isolation of campylobacter fetus from blood cultures. | campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus, previously known as campylobacter fetus subsp. intestinalis, was isolated from two blood cultures taken from a 45-year-old man admitted with gastrointestinal symptoms and a history of lymphocytic lymphoma. campylobacters are not common blood culture isolated but can be a cause of bacteraemia and septicaemia especially in the compromised host. the isolation and identification of campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus by standard blood culture techniques is described an ... | 1981 | 7029231 |
| bovine campylobacteriosis: a review. | campylobacteriosis (vibriosis) is a venereal disease of cattle caused by the organism campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus previously known as vibrio fetus subspecies venerealis. characteristically the disease causes infertility in the female with an increased number of services necessary for conception. abortions late in gestation are also occasionally seen. most cases or outbreaks occur after the recent introduction of an infected bull or cow into a susceptible breeding herd. often the disease ... | 1981 | 7039808 |
| campylobacter enteritis associated with the consumption of free school milk. | a large outbreak of campylobacter enteritis associated with the consumption of free school milk is described. the outbreak had an abrupt onset, and lasted for about 3 weeks; it involved mainly school children in the 2-4 and 5-7 year old age groups. during this period it was established from epidemiological and microbiological data that some 2500 children were infected. the source of the epidemic was almost certainly contaminated milk, although bacteriological proof could not be obtained. biotypi ... | 1981 | 6895230 |
| serological studies in two outbreaks of campylobacter jejuni infection. | two outbreaks of campylobacter enteritis in residential student populations are described. in the first outbreak, 34 of 240 students in one hall of residence became ill over the course of 4 or 5 days. a single serotype of c. jejuni was isolated from sample of faeces. sera collected demonstrated that the students had little pre-existing antibody and antibody responses were demonstrated in those who were infected. about 30% of students with serological evidence for infection with c. jejuni did not ... | 1981 | 6895231 |
| campylobacter fetus jejuni enteritis; in new york city. | 1981 | 6938818 | |
| bactericidal activity of antibiotics against campylobacter fetus subspecies intestinalis. | 1981 | 6262415 | |
| in vitro susceptibility of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni to n-formimidoyl thienamycin, rosaramicin, cefoperazone, and other antimicrobial agents. | the activities of 11 antimicrobial agents against 36 strains of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni were studied by a broth microdilution method. all strains were susceptible to 7 of the 11 antimicrobial agents. of the newer agents tested n-formimidoyl thienamycin (mk0787) and rosaramicin had very good activity, whereas cefotaxime, moxalactam, and cefoperazone had poorer activity. | 1981 | 6459767 |
| travelers' diarrhea in panamanian tourists in mexico. | to determine whether residents of developing countries are unlikely to acquire travelers' diarrhea, 64 panamanians of widely divergent socioeconomic strata were studied during a 15-day tour through mexico. twenty-three (36%) tourists experienced 27 episodes of travelers' diarrhea that were caused by seven different pathogens. the most commonly identified etiologic agents were rotavirus (26%), norwalk virus (15%), and campylobacter fetus (11%), whereas enterotoxigenic escherichia coli was not fre ... | 1981 | 6273474 |
| plasma alpha-fetoprotein concentrations in pregnant cows exposed to sarcocystis cruzi, campylobacter fetus, or aspergillus fumigatus. | bovine alpha-fetoprotein (afp) was determined in maternal plasma, using radioimmunoassay in an attempt to detect and monitor fetal distress in pregnant cows. plasma from pregnant cows in the 4th to 5th month of the gestation which had been exposed to sarcocystis cruzi, campylobacter fetus, or aspergillus fumigatus was used. plasma afp concentrations were determined at intervals from before the cows were exposed until they had aborted or calved. the plasma afp concentration of the exposed pregnan ... | 1981 | 6176152 |
| summer diarrhoea in african infants and children. | of 70 black south african infants and children with acute summer diarrhoea, 30 (43%) were infected with enteropathogenic serogroups of escherichia coli (epec), 13 (19%) with enterotoxigenic gram-negative bacilli, 12 (17%) with salmonella sp., 6 (9%) with shigella sp., and 3 (4%) with rotaviruses. 13 (19%) patients were infected simultaneously with more than one enteropathogen, and no pathogen was detected in 22 (31%). in addition, 6 (15%) of 41 unselected patients were excreting campylobacter fe ... | 1980 | 6257185 |
| [a case report of septicaemia due to campylobacter fetus variety intestinalis on a cancerous patient (author's transl)]. | the authors report a case of campylobacter fetus septicaemia from a cancerous patient. the bacterium was isolated from three blood cultures. the infection characteristics are briefly discussed. | 1980 | 6256917 |
| respiratory systems and cytochromes in campylobacter fetus subsp. intestinalis. | cell suspensions of campylobacter fetus subsp. intestinalis grown microaerophilically in complex media consumed oxygen in the presence of formate, succinate, and dl-lactate, and membranes had the corresponding dehydrogenase activities. the cells and membranes also had ascorbate-n,n,n',n'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine oxidase activity which was cyanide sensitive. the fumarate reductase activity in the membranes was inhibited by p-chloromercuriphenylsulfonate, and this enzyme was probably respons ... | 1980 | 6254951 |
| campylobacter fetus ss. jejuni: a cause of massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage. | a patient is described with campylobacter enteritis complicated by massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding from multiple mucosal ulcers in the terminal ileum and at the ileocecal valve. repeated stool cultures and antibiotic therapy may be indicated in certain patients to diminish the morbidity arising from what may seem to be mild disease. in patients who suffer bleeding complications, arteriography before surgery is necessary to demonstrate an otherwise grossly indefinable source of bleeding. | 1980 | 6967840 |
| [diarrheal disease associated with campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni (author's transl)]. | 1980 | 6768818 | |
| [infection with campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni; review of the literature and discussion of the epidemilogic aspects]. | 1980 | 6997763 | |
| survival of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in biological milieus. | to provide new information on the epidemiology and pathophysiology of human infection with campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni, we studied its survival in several milieus. standard inocula of organisms were placed in hydrochloric acid, human bile and urine, bovine milk, or stream water and kept at 4, 25, or 37 degrees c; viable organisms were then counted. stools from humans infected with campylobacter were similarly tested. survival in acid was ph and time dependent, with 7-log kill within 5 min ... | 1980 | 6892819 |
| campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni in georgia. | 1980 | 7205078 | |
| isolation of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from migratory waterfowl. | since the sources from which humans acquire campylobacter enteritis are only partially known, we studied the frequency of carriage of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in migratory waterfowl. cecal contents of various species of wild ducks were cultured on selective media that contained antibiotics to inhibit normal flora. thirty-five percent of the 445 ducks cultured harbored c. fetus subsp. jejuni. migratory waterfowl are yet another reservoir for this enteric pathogen and may be of public hea ... | 1980 | 7217334 |
| enriched brucella medium for storage and transport of cultures of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni. | a semisolid brucella medium with 10% sheep blood was used for storage and transport of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni and subsp. intestinalis and kept isolated alive about 3 weeks or longer at 25 degrees c or when sent through the regular mail. | 1980 | 7217338 |
| campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni: the need for surveillance. | 1980 | 6768813 | |
| passive hemagglutination technique for serotyping campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni on the basis of soluble heat-stable antigens. | antigenic materials were extracted from campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni strains by heating bacterial suspensions in saline at 100 degrees c and by exposure to ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid. the antigens were heat stable at 100 degrees c, capable of sensitizing sheep erythrocytes for agglutination in antisera, and able to elicit production of specific antibody in rabbits; they occurred with different immunological specificities in 23 strains. antisera against the 23 strains could be used for ... | 1980 | 6796598 |
| [cases of gastroenteritis caused by campylobacter fetus jejuni in vienna]. | campylobacter fetus jejuni is a gram-negative spiral or comma-shaped rod, belonging to the family of spirillaceae. it is now recognised as a cause of human gastroenteritis with fever. recently, many reports have been published about sporadic cases as well as epidemic outbreaks. a symptomless carrier-state is also known. the mode of transmission is not yet fully understood. direct, faecal-oral and indirect transmission especially via food contaminated with faeces are suspected. recently, we isola ... | 1980 | 6765653 |
| incidence of campylobacter enteritis in the midwestern united states. | the incidence of campylobacter enteritis was assessed in an 800-bed medical center in the midwestern united states. stool specimens from 203 patients were cultured on a modified skirrow's selective media and incubated for 48 hours at 42 c in a microaerophilic atmosphere. campylobacter fetus ssp. jejuni was isolated from 10 patients for an incidence rate of 4.9 percent. all patients were symptomatic. the results suggest that clinical laboratories must establish methods to culture and identify thi ... | 1980 | 6986769 |
| plasma progesterone concentration in the bovine before abortion or parturition in pregnant animals exposed to sarcocystis cruzi, campylobacter fetus, or aspergillus fumigatus. | pregnant cows in the 4th and 5th month of the gestation were exposed to sarcocystis cruzi, campylobacter fetus, or aspergillus fumigatus. plasma progesterone concentrations were determined at intervals from before the cows were exposed until they had aborted or calved. the plasma progesterone concentration of the exposed pregnant cattle remained at 3.95 +/- 2.0 ng/ml until 24 to 48 hours before abortion or parturition, when it decreased to below 1.00 ng/ml. this pattern was similar for cattle ex ... | 1980 | 6782916 |
| '1001' campylobacters: cultural characteristics of intestinal campylobacters from man and animals. | the cultural characteristics of 1220 campylobacter strains from a variety of sources are described. forty-two were identified as campylobacter fetus ssp. fetus (véron & chatelain, 1973), 1120 as members of the c. jejuni/c. coli group, and 58 did not conform to any known description. sixteen of the latter strains had the basic characteristics of c. fetus but were atypical in certain other respects. the other 42 strains had the thermophilic characteristics of the jejuni/coli group, but were resist ... | 1980 | 7462593 |
| [campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni in chickens (author's transl)]. | a bacteriological examination of 239 chickens coming from 89 commerical flocks yielded a high incidence of campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni isolations. from 30.1% of the birds or 41.6% of the flocks this micro-organism was isolated from 28.6% of the jejunal contents and 11.2% of the bile samples respectively. in contrast this agent could not be isolated from the skin or peritoneal cavity of 750 carcasses of broilers (13 flocks) before of after freezing in. no correlation could be found betw ... | 1980 | 7423469 |
| production of diarrhoea and dysentery in experimental calves by feeding pure cultures of campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni. | pure cultures of campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni of bovine origin were used to inoculate three ruminating calves in each of two experiments and three milk-fed calves in another. inoculated animals all developed clinical signs which included fewer (to 41 degrees c), diarrhoea and sporadic dysentery within one to three days of inoculation. diarrhoeic faeces were dark, mucoid, of uniform consistency and were passed for six to 15 days. the eight control animals did not develop this syndrome. c ... | 1980 | 7445343 |
| campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni as a cause of gastroenteritis in jakarta, indonesia. | campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni was isolated from the feces of 15 out of 144 (10%) children (0 to 9 years old) and 4 out of 251 (2%) adults with gastroenteritis and was found together with another enteric pathogen in 2 of the children and in all 4 adults. it was isolated from 2 out of 7 (28%) children and 3 out of 160 (2%) adults with suspected typhoid fever. the bacterium was recovered from 3 out of 4 orphanage children with diarrhea and from 1 without symptoms and was isolated from only 1 ch ... | 1980 | 7419706 |
| [campylobacter fetus jejuni: incidence in diarrhea and antimicrobial sensitivity]. | 1980 | 7348345 | |
| campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni: a common cause of diarrhea in sweden. | stool samples from approximately 2,550 patients with gastrointestinal infections were cultured for bacterial pathogens between january 1978 and september 1979, and 277 campylobacter (10.9%), 183 salmonella, 89 shigella, and 17 yersinia infections were identified. campylobacter was found in all age groups, with the majority in the age group of 20-34 years. most cases of campylobacter diarrhea were isolated during summer or late fall. after five weeks, 90% of the patients had no campylobacter in t ... | 1980 | 7441005 |
| hypocomplementemia and campylobacter fetus infection. | a middle-aged alcoholic man had low c3 levels during two consecutive episodes of bacteremia with campylobacter fetus, with a return of c3 levels to normal during the interbacteremic period. total complement levels remained below normal throughout the patient's illness, whereas c4 and c3 activator values were in the normal or supranormal range. a rise and fall in hemagglutinating antibody titers, documenting an immune response, coupled with reasonable antimicrobial therapy were not sufficient to ... | 1980 | 7444533 |
| acute colitis caused by campylobacter fetus ss. jejuni. | campylobacter fetus ss. jejuni has been recently recognized as a common human enteric pathogen; however, the pathology and pathophysiology of the enteritis caused by this agent are still largely obscure. we report 4 patients who presented with acute abdominal pain and bloody diarrhea and who had c. fetus ss. jejuni isolated from fecal cultures. each patient showed a fourfold rise in serum igg titer to the organism isolated. in all 4 patients colonic involvement was noted on sigmoidoscopic examin ... | 1980 | 7351284 |
| [the presence of campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni in normal slaughtered pigs (author's transl)]. | as part of epidemiological studies the intestinal contents of 300 normal slaughtered pigs were examined for the presence of c. fetus jejuni. samples were collected from six different slaughter houses. from 182 of these samples (60.7 per cent) c. fetus spp. jejuni was isolated using the method as described by lauwers (8). isolates were confirmed by the results of the following tests: oxidase, catalase, motility, growth at 25 degrees c, production of h2s, reduction of nitrate, growth in 3.5 per ce ... | 1980 | 7352330 |
| isolation of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from bangladeshi children. | to determine the prevalence of infection with campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in bangladesh, culture surveys were conducted among three populations. in dacca, campylobacter was isolated from 5.2% of 97 individuals with clinical dysentery and from 12.3% of 204 patients with only diarrhea. this difference may have resulted from a greater representation of young children in the second group. campylobacter was isolated from 17.7% of the 141 healthy village children aged 1 to 5.5 years and from 38. ... | 1980 | 7309841 |
| the clinical spectrum of campylobacter fetus infections: report of five cases and review of the literature. | five cases of extra-intestinal campylobacter fetus infections are described and an additional 242 cases are reviewed from the literature. a variety of clinical syndromes are encountered including endocarditis; thrombophlebitis; meningitis; pneumonia and pleuritis; and infectious arthritis. thirty-eight per cent of patients presented with bacteremia enteritis. campylobacter fetus demonstrates a preference for endovascular surfaces. the majority of patients are male and have an underlying illness. ... | 1980 | 7267960 |
| a human strain of campylobacter fetus subsp. intestinalis grown at 42 degrees c. | 1980 | 7400364 | |
| campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni bacteremia. | 1980 | 7403927 | |
| antigens of campylobacter fetus subsp fetus eliciting vaccinal immunity in heifers. | these studies were designed to identify the antigens of campylobacter fetus subsp fetus that elicit vaccinal immunity. heifers were vaccinated subcutaneously twice (42 days between vaccinations) with bacterins containing k, o, and h antigens (group a), o and h antigens (group b), or o antigen (group c) of the challenge strain. five heifers were not vaccinated and served as controls (group d). two weeks after heifers were given the second vaccination, the immunity of all heifers was challenge exp ... | 1980 | 7406293 |
| serology of campylobacter fetus ss. jejuni )"related" campylobacters). demonstration of strain-specific and interstrain-related antigens by immunoelectrophoresis and co-agglutination. | rabbit antisera against two strains of campylobacter fetus ss. fetus (serotype a), two strains of c. fetus ss. intestinalis (serotypes a and b respectively), and eight stains of c. fetus ss. jejuni were used in serological studies of these strains with the use of co-agglutination (coa), line-rocket immunoelectrophoresis (l-rie) and rocket-line immunoelectrophoresis (r-lie). whole bacterial cells, either heated at 56 degrees c. boiled or atuoclaved, were used in coa tests. unheated sonicates were ... | 1980 | 7415842 |
| cellular fatty acid composition of campylobacter fetus. | the cellular fatty acid composition of 29 human and animal isolates of campylobacter fetus was determined with gas-liquid chromatography. all strains contained small amounts of 3-hydroxytetradecanoic acid, suggesting the presence of lipid a. each of 13 different blood or stool isolates of c. fetus subsp. jejuni obtained from humans or fowl contained a 19-carbon cyclopropane acid which was not present in c. fetus subsp. fetus (6 strains from cattle) or c. fetus subsp. intestinalis (10 strains fro ... | 1980 | 7381008 |
| meningitis caused by campylobacter fetus ssp jejuni. | 1980 | 7388445 | |
| bacteriostatic and bactericidal activities of 24 antimicrobial agents against campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni. | the bacteriostatic and bactericidal activities of 24 antimicrobial agents were tested with the dynatech mic 2000 system against 86 strains of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from human sources. the penicillins (penicillin g, ampicillin, amoxycillin, carbenicillin) had poor activity. ampicillin and amoxycillin were equally active. cefotaxime revealed a rather good activity. erythromycin, gentamicin, tobramycin, amikacin, and furazolidone were the most active compounds. two strains (2.3%) were r ... | 1980 | 7416738 |
| an outbreak of acute enteritis due to campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni at a nursery school of tokyo. | an outbreak of acute enteritis due to campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni involving a total of 35 out of 74 children occurred at a nursery school of tokyo in january 1979 and lasted for 7 days. it was the first case of a community outbreak of the disease to be recognized in japan. the major symptoms observed in the patients consisted of diarrhea (88%), fever (82%), abdominal pain (39%), and vomiting (6.1%). the rate of isolation of the organism from the patients was 39%. sera of four patients ... | 1980 | 7432196 |
| campylobacter spp in enteric lesions in cattle. | campylobacters were isolated from the intestinal mucosa of 16 of 47 cattle examined post mortem. of the 17 isolates seven were identified as campylobacter fetus subsp jejuni, eight as cf subsp intestinalis, one as c fecalis and one remained unidentified. cf subsp jejuni and cf subsp intestinalis were both recovered from one case. gross changes were not always seen at the sites from which campylobacters were isolated but microscopic changes were seen in all cases. the changes seen are described a ... | 1980 | 7434541 |
| pathogenicity of campylobacter fetus subsp. venerealis in causing infertility in cattle. | 1980 | 7388595 | |
| reservoirs for human campylobacteriosis. | the epidemiology of human enteric infection due to campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni is not well understood. to determine whether an endogenous human reservoir is present, the rate of isolation of c. fetus subspecies jejuni from several populations of diarrheal and asymptomatic adults and children were compared. c. fetus subspecies jejuni was recovered from 4.1% of patients with diarrhea and 66.7% of household contacts of the index patients who themselves had diarrhea. carriage of organisms ... | 1980 | 7373089 |
| mucosal invasion in campylobacter enteritis. | campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni has recently been recognized as a significant cause of enteritis in humans. the organism has been previously postulated to cause illness by direct invasion of the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract, but this has not been documented. reported is a case of campylobacter enteritis in which mucosal ulceration and crypt sbscesses were seen on rectal biopsy, suggesting that the pathogenesis of campylobacter fetus enteritis involves direct mucosal invasion. | 1980 | 7377140 |
| campylobacter colitis presentin as inflammatory bowel disease with segmental colonic ulcerations. | campylobacter fetus subspecies have recently been recognized as an important cause of diarrheal illness in humans. we report a case of culture positive c. fetus colitis with colonoscopic findings of segmental mucosal edema, loss of normal vascular pattern with ulceration, and patchy involvement of mucosa. these colonoscopic findings were similar to those seen in granulomatous colitis. however, these findings may be difficult to distinguish from a number of other colonic mucosal diseases such as ... | 1980 | 7380209 |
| broiler chickens as potential source of campylobacter infections in humans. | of 46 broiler chickens from a live poultry market in new york city, 38 (83%) harbored campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in their rectal flora. the observed mean number of c. fetus per g of feces was 4.4 x 10(6). the organisms survived in the feces for at least 96 h at 4 degrees c whether stored in the gut or transferred to a vial. the best survival medium for pure cultures of c. fetus subsp.jejuni was heart infusion broth supplemented with sterile blood and kept in a microaerophilic atmosphere. | 1980 | 7381018 |
| a case of campylobacter fetus septicemia in maine. | 1980 | 7391695 | |
| campylobacteriosis in jamaican cattle. | infertility is a widespread problem among cattle herds in jamaica and an intergovernmental project was initiated to investigate the problem. one aspect of the project included diagnosis of campylobacteriosis (vibriosis), which was suspected in some herds but had not been confirmed in the laboratory. tests were undertaken in late 1978 using improved techniques for handling and transporting specimens to the laboratory. campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus was isolated from five of six herds tested ... | 1980 | 7395025 |
| a human strain of campylobacter fetus subsp. intestinalis grown at 42 degrees c. | 1980 | 7400351 | |
| hippurate hydrolysis by campylobacter fetus. | an additional method for differentiating between campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni and c. fetus subsp. intestinalis is reported. strains of c. fetus subsp. jejuni (18/20) were shown to hydrolyze hippurate in the 2-h rapid test, whereas strains of c. fetus subsp. intestinalis did not. | 1980 | 7372805 |
| antimicrobial susceptibility of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus to eight cephalosporins with special reference to species differentiation. | agar dilution antimicrobial susceptibility testing showed that campylobacter jejuni was significantly more resistant than campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus (intestinalis) to cephalosporin c, cephaloridine, cephalothin, cefazolin, and cefamandole. no species differences in susceptibility were noted with cephalexin, cefotaxime, and cefoxitin. rapid species differentiation on the basis of an antibiogram could be achieved with the disk diffusion method. c jejuni failed to produce a zone of inhibition ... | 1980 | 7235681 |
| [campylobacter fetus intestinalis: 1st isolation associated with ovine epizootic abortion in mexico]. | 1980 | 7209173 | |
| bovine venereal campylobacteriosis (vibriosis) in north east scotland. | since january 1978 four outbreaks of bovine venereal campylobacteriosis, associated with campylobacter fetus subspp fetus, have been investigated. the herds demonstrated a variety of presenting signs, and the outbreaks were confirmed by vaginal mucus agglutination tests and isolation of c fetus subspp fetus. a greater recovery of c fetus was achieved by reducing the oxygen tension in the atmosphere used for incubation to a greater extent than usual. bradford's brucella agar was found to be a sui ... | 1979 | 583185 |
| campylobacter fetus infection in children. | 1979 | 762641 | |
| etiology of infantile enteritis in south africa. | infantile enteritis constitutes a major health problem in developing countries. several investigations into the etiology of this condition among various south african populations have been undertaken during the past few years. recent studies of black urban infants have revealed that salmonellae, shigellae, enterotoxigenic enterobacteriaceae, and rotaviruses play a relatively minor role in infantile enteritis. on the other hand, all studies, including a number performed several years ago, have de ... | 1979 | 221438 |
| campylobacter fetus sepsis with mycotic aortic aneurysm. | campylobacter fetus is a fastidious, curved, gram-negative bacillus that has been increasingly associated with human disease. to our knowledge, we are reporting the first documented case of c fetus sepsis associated with an aortic mycotic aneurysm. typical of previously reported cases of infections caused by this organism, this case involved a debilitated patient who was seen initially with a subacute febrile illness associated with bacteremia, but who died suddenly when the unsuspected aneurysm ... | 1979 | 581840 |
| genital tropism and coital transmission of campylobacter fetus subspecies intestinalis. | 1979 | 581656 | |
| campylobacter enteritis associated with unpasteurized milk. | campylobacter fetus ss. jejuni has recently been recognized as a human enteric pathogen. laboratory isolation has been hindered by its fastidious nature. methods for recovery of this organism from stool culture and a specific serologic test are described. an outbreak is reported in which three members of the same family became simultaneously ill with fever, severe abdominal cramps and diarrhea. c. fetus ss. jejuni was recovered from stool specimens from all three. a fourfold increase in serum im ... | 1979 | 573969 |
| campylobacter fetus infection in human subjects: association with raw milk. | within a three week period, four cases of campylobacter fetus infection were identified in a hospital in los angeles county. three of the four patients had drunk large quantities of an identical brand of commercially available certified raw milk. campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni was isolated from the blood of these three patients. the fourth patient, who did not drink raw milk, had campylobacter fetus subspecies intestinalis isolated from his blood. a telephone survey comparing cases and co ... | 1979 | 571676 |
| two cases of campylobacter fetus septicemia. | 1979 | 524921 | |
| opportunistic infections in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. | patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (cll) are susceptible to infection from a variety of opportunistic pathogens. we have described an elderly man with cll who had repeated, severe bacterial and fungal infections including recurrent cryptococcal meningitis, disseminated histoplasmosis, vibrio fetus sepsis, pasturella tularensis sepsis, and aspergillus pneumonia. b cell and possible t cell defectiveness in cll as well as chronic corticosteroid therapy contributed to the weakened host defen ... | 1979 | 505093 |
| campylobacter fetus septic arthritis: report of a case. | 1979 | 494668 | |
| campylobacter fetus: major enteric pathogen. | 1979 | 490866 | |
| [bacteria of the campylobacter species as cause of enteritis (author's transl)]. | in an eight-year-old boy who had acute gastroenteritis, examination of the faeces with specific isolation technique revealed campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni as the responsible pathogen. this is the first observation in the federal republic of germany of an enteritis caused by campylobacter. | 1979 | 477569 |
| susceptibility of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni to twenty antimicrobiol agents. | one hundred recent clinical isolates of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni were tested by an agar dilution technique for susceptibility to each of 20 antimicrobial agents. doxycycline and gentamicin were the most active of the drugs examined, inhibiting all strains at concentrations achievable in serum. although the median minimal inhibitory concentration of erythromycin was low, 8% of the isolates were highly resistant. all isolates of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni were relatively resistant ... | 1979 | 475372 |
| comparative efficacy of ten commercial campylobacter fetus vaccines in the pregnant guinea pig: challenge with campylobacter fetus serotype a. | efficacy of ten commercial campylobacter fetus vaccines was tested in pregnant guinea pigs and compared with that of an experimental vaccine prepared from the challenge-exposure strain. if the first lot of vaccine failed to protect 50% of the guinea pigs, one or two additional lots of that vaccine were purchased and retested. three vaccines for cattle, evaluated, as the most effective of those tested, protected 62%, 72%, and 89% of the guinea pigs from abortion; the experimental vaccine protecte ... | 1979 | 475102 |
| the prevalence of campylobacter fetus in the gall bladder of sheep. | 1979 | 435214 | |
| studies of the microaerophilic nature of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni. i. physiological aspects of enhanced aerotolerance. | 1979 | 427650 | |
| campylobacter fetus infections in children. | there has been a gradual accumulation of reported campylobacter fetus human infections since the first description in 1947. the taxonomy of these fastidious and morphologically confusing organisms has been recently revised and, in the past few years, through the use of selective culture medium for stool isolation c fetus has been implicated as a frequent paghogen in children. there are three relatively distinct patterns of human c fetus infection. the first, most frequent, pattern of disease is ... | 1979 | 390487 |
| campylobacter enteritis: clinical and epidemiologic features. | campylobacter fetus subspecies (ssp.) jejuni has been recently recognized to cause diarrheal disease in man. to assess its importance as an enteric pathogen, we prospectively studied 514 patients with diarrhea. campylobacter fetus ssp. jejuni was isolated from the feces of 26 patients (5%) and seven of 11 of their symptomatic household contacts. this organism was isolated from the feces of only one of 18 asymptomatic household contacts and not at all from 157 other healthy persons. seventeen of ... | 1979 | 380433 |
| detection of enteric campylobacteriosis in children. | campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni was recovered as the sole bacterial pathogen from 31% of 0- to 8-month-old children with acute gastroenteritis and from 5% of asymptomatic children (p less than 0.05). in children 8 to 24 months old, the respective recovery rates were 38 and 40%. with the exception of one case of simultaneous bacteremia, the clinical course of the symptomatic infection was benign and rarely lasted more than a week. the isolates were sensitive to most commonly used antibiotics. s ... | 1979 | 429543 |
| campylobacter fetus gastroenteritis. | 1979 | 516695 | |
| studies of the microaerophilic nature of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni. ii. role of exogenous superoxide anions and hydrogen peroxide. | the addition of bovine superoxide dismutase to brucella broth or brucellar agar greatly echanced the oxygen tolerance of campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni strain h840 (atcc 29428). catalase also enhanced oxygen tolerance, but to a lesser extent. these enzymes must act externally to the bacteria. all of the diverse compounds which enhance oxygen tolerance of c. fetus, including nor-epinephrine and a combination of ferrous sulfate, sodium metabisulfite, and sodium pyruvate, share the ability to qu ... | 1979 | 218715 |
| acute colitis and bacteremia due to campylobacter fetus. | an acute febrile illness with dysentery and colitis developed in a 26-year-old man following a wilderness outing. campylobacter fetus ssp. jejuni was subsequently grown on blood cultures drawn during the acute illness and 9 days later when the patient was asymptomatic. proctosigmoidoscopic and histopathologic evidence of acute colitis was present on admission and resolved on follow-up examination. campylobacter fetus spp. jejuni infection should be considered in the etiology of acute infectious ... | 1979 | 510097 |
| pregnant guinea pig model for testing efficacy of campylobacter fetus vaccines. | 1978 | 629433 | |
| the serological response of sheep to a trivalent campylobacter (vibrio) fetus var intestinalis vaccine. | 1978 | 676003 | |
| gram-negative endocarditis caused by campylobacter fetus. | campylobacter fetus is a rare cause of endocarditis that is difficult to diagnose because of the fastidiousness of the organism. the source of infection is unknown and it may involve a normal or previously damaged aortic valve. the onset is insidious, and if there is a prior history of recent onset of fever, thrombophlebitis, and diarrhea, infection caused by this organism should be considered. echocardiography may be useful. the organism is sensitive to a variety of antibiotics, including the c ... | 1978 | 705408 |
| elimination of genital vibriosis in female cattle by systemic immunization with killed cells or cell-free extracts of campylobacter fetus. | 1978 | 712110 | |
| improved media for growth and aerotolerance of campylobacter fetus. | the microaerophilic nature of campylobacter fetus has complicated its recovery from human and animal sources. in this study, modifications of brucella agar and broth were tested for enhancement of growth and aerotolerance of 64 strains of c. fetus, representing each subspecies. brucella agar supplemented with 0.025% each feso4 7h2o, sodium metabisulfite, and sodium pyruvate, supported growth of 98, 77, and 63% of the strains at 6% o2, 17% o2, and 21% o2, respectively. unsupplemented brucella aga ... | 1978 | 670386 |
| campylobacteriosis in man: pathogenic mechanisms and review of 91 bloodstream infections. | five patients with campylobacter fetus(previously called "vibrio fetus") bacteremia are presented with enteric symptoms in four patients, a self-limited course in three, and with possible nosocomial infection in one patient who had disseminated malignancy. the clinical syndromes of 91 bacteremic patients with campylobacteriosis and c. fetus taxonomy and pathogenicity are reviewed. studies of potential pathogenic mechanisms in enteric infections failed to reveal the production of either heat-stab ... | 1978 | 707518 |
| effect of interval between booster vaccination and time of breeding on protection against campylobacteriosis (vibriosis) in cattle. | thirteen heifers (group a) given a booster vaccination with campylobacter fetus 4 1/2 months before breeding to bulls infected with the homologous strain had a pregnancy rate of 54%, compared with a pregnancy rate of 92% for 12 heifers (group b) given a booster vaccination 10 days before the 63-day breeding period began. none of 7 nonvaccinated heifers became pregnant, and all remained infected for at least 136 days. all three groups of heifers were bred by the same infected bulls. nine of the h ... | 1978 | 711587 |