| occurrence, removal and seasonal variation of "thermophilic" campylobacters in a sewage treatment plant in italy. | monitoring of "thermophilic" campylobacters in a sewage treatment plant in bologna (italy) has shown that incoming sewage contained a most probable number of 1630 campylobacters/100 ml. the secondary treatment in activated sludge tanks reduced 98.61% of campylobacters, 95.32% of fecal coliforms, 96.46% of fecal streptococci, 93.36% of salmonellas and 93.01% and 88.29% of bod5 and cod respectively. subsequent tertiary treatment with 3 ppm of chlorine dioxide for 15 min reduced 100% of campylobact ... | 1992 | 1457031 |
| presence of methylated adenine in gatc sequences in chromosomal dnas from campylobacter species. | we digested chromosomal dnas from 12 campylobacter strains (c. jejuni, 4 strains; c. coli, 2 strains; c. fetus subsp. fetus, 2 strains; c. hyointestinalis, 2 strains; and c. upsaliensis, 2 strains) and from 4 helicobacter strains (h. pylori, 2 strains; and h. mustelae, 2 strains) with hindiii, ssti, bamhi, dpni, mboi, and sau3ai. restriction fragments were then separated by electrophoresis in 1% agarose or 10% polyacrylamide gels. only dnas from three campylobacter species (c. jejuni, c. coli, a ... | 1992 | 1459965 |
| rapid emergence of quinolone resistance in campylobacter jejuni in patients treated with norfloxacin. | 15/60 subjects from one center, who all took part in a multicenter double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the effect of norfloxacin on acute enteritis, had norfloxacin sensitive strains of campylobacter jejuni in pre-study stool specimens. eight of the 15 subjects received active drug. in 3 of these 8, high-level quinolone resistant campylobacter strains of the same serotype as in pre-treatment samples were isolated 4-90 days after the initiation of treatment. | 1992 | 1465591 |
| helicobacter (campylobacter) pylori in gastric brushing cytology. | helicobacter (formerly campylobacter) pylori is frequently associated with chronic gastritis and peptic ulcer and has been implicated as an etiologic agent. identification of h. pylori is important for specific treatment with antibiotics and bismuth compounds. we studied 27 patients who presented with symptoms of gastritis or peptic ulcer on whom paired gastric biopsies and gastric brushings for cytology had been performed. biopsies were stained with h & e and warthin-starry or giemsa for h. pyl ... | 1992 | 1468331 |
| campylobacter helveticus sp. nov., a new thermophilic species from domestic animals: characterization, and cloning of a species-specific dna probe. | an atypical group of thermophilic catalase-negative campylobacter strains, the 'ch' (swiss) group, can be recovered from faeces of domestic cats and dogs after selection by filtration, or with the antibiotic cefoperazone. this group of strains shows no relative dna homology with any species in rrna superfamily vi (vandamme et al., 1991, international journal of systematic bacteriology 41, 88-103) except with four thermophilic campylobacter species, notably c. upsaliensis. the group is homogeneou ... | 1992 | 1479353 |
| helicobacter (aka campylobacter) pylori as the major causal factor in chronic hypochlorhydria. | helicobacter (formerly known as campylobacter) pylori, a recently discovered gastrointestinal bacterial pathogen, has been shown to be etiologic for type b or antral gastritis, and usually has chronic active pathological changes associated with its presence. acute helicobacter infection in most cases induces reduced stomach acid secretion which usually returns to normal levels of secretion after a few months. yet helicobacter gastritis has never been known to spontaneously remit after it has bee ... | 1992 | 1494326 |
| serotype of campylobacter jejuni, hla, and the guillain-barré syndrome. | | 1992 | 1495517 |
| pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for epidemiologic studies of campylobacter hyointestinalis isolates. | campylobacter hyointestinalis was isolated from five members of the same family who had previously consumed raw milk. pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of genomic dnas from the five strains, after digestion with restriction endonuclease sali, revealed that three strains had identical genome patterns and therefore appeared to be related, whereas the other two had completely different genome patterns and appeared to be unrelated. we report here for the first time the isolation of c. hyointestinalis ... | 1992 | 1500503 |
| in vitro susceptibilities of aerotolerant campylobacter isolates to 22 antimicrobial agents. | we evaluated the in vitro activities of 22 antimicrobial agents against 78 human and animal isolates belonging to two aerotolerant campylobacter species, c. cryaerophila and c. butzleri, using a broth microdilution technique. an additional 10 antimicrobial agents were included at concentrations found in selective campylobacter media. strains of c. cryaerophila belonged to two dna hybridization groups: dna hybridization group 1a, which includes the type strain of c. cryaerophila, and dna hybridiz ... | 1992 | 1503434 |
| survival of bacterial enteric pathogens in traditional fermented foods. | the survival of strains of bacterial enteric pathogens was investigated in two traditional fermented foods (mahewu and sour porridge) and in unfermented porridge. the foods were inoculated with cell suspensions of salmonella, shigella, campylobacter, aeromonas species and pathogenic escherichia coli which had a final concentration of 10(6)-10(7) cfu/ml of food. none of the strains of aeromonas and campylobacter were detected in mahewu and sour porridge 20 min after inoculation. the salmonellas w ... | 1992 | 1512176 |
| a multiple logistic model for predicting the occurrence of campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli in water. | a multiple logistic regression model was established to predict the occurrence of campylobacter jejuni/coli, related to index bacteria such as faecal coliforms, faecal streptococci, and sulphite-reducing clostridia, in a water source in southern norway. the fitted model indicated that faecal coliforms were strong predictors for c. jejuni/coli, although the water temperature also had a strong influence on results. sulphite-reducing clostridia, faecal streptococci, and season of the year had no si ... | 1992 | 1512182 |
| [detection of campylobacter species by using polymerase chain reaction and nonradioactive labeled dna probe]. | we have detected campylobacter species which are now recognized as major pathogens of acute diarrheal disease in humans using polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and a nonradioactive labeled dna probe. diagnosis of campylobacter enteritis without doing culture from stool samples is of great benefit in the laboratory. two oligonucleotide primers (20 mer) complementary to a unique sequence of the dna encoding ribosomal rna (rrna) of campylobacter jejuni for pcr were synthesized by solid-phase phosphoa ... | 1992 | 1513035 |
| campylobacter jejuni isolated from ratites. | | 1992 | 1515499 |
| use of oligodeoxynucleotide probes to verify campylobacter jejuni as a cause of bovine abortion. | | 1992 | 1515500 |
| campylobacter: epidemiological paradoxes. | | 1992 | 1515822 |
| [acute aortic insufficiency following endocarditis due to infection with campylobacter fetus subspecies fetus]. | a 50-year-old male alcoholic addict, examined because of diarrhoea with fever was found to have campylobacter jejuni in blood and stool cultures. after administration of broad-spectrum penicillin all acute symptoms disappeared but he lost 8 kg within 3 months and his general state health gradually deteriorated. after 3 months he suddenly developed leg oedema, dyspnoea and bouts of fever up to 38.8 degrees c. a loud cardiac murmur was now heard. echocardiography demonstrated vegetations on the re ... | 1992 | 1516529 |
| comparison of a blood-free medium and a filtration technique for the isolation of campylobacter spp. from diarrhoeal stools of hospitalised patients in central australia. | single specimens of diarrhoeal stool from 676 patients, mostly aboriginals aged less than 5 years, admitted to alice springs hospital, central australia, for diarrhoea between sept. 1988 and feb. 1989, were examined for campylobacter spp. by culture on a blood-free medium with selective supplement (bfm; oxoid) and blood agar overlaid with a membrane filter (fm). campylobacter spp. were isolated on either bfm or fm or both from 225 patients. campylobacter spp. were isolated on bfm alone from 75 p ... | 1992 | 1518033 |
| a case of intrauterine fetal death associated with maternal campylobacter coli bacteraemia. | campylobacter species are known to cause infectious abortion in domestic animals. in humans, campylobacter are an important cause of enteritis, an occasional cause of systemic infection and have had a rare association with abortion and perinatal infection. a case history of spontaneous abortion, at 26 weeks' duration, associated with maternal bacteraemia, due to campylobacter coli is presented. transmission, pathogenesis, treatment, and the need for further investigation are discussed. | 1992 | 1520207 |
| characterization of the campylobacter fetus sapa promoter: evidence that the sapa promoter is deleted in spontaneous mutant strains. | wild-type campylobacter fetus cells possess s-layer proteins (s+ phenotype), whereas after laboratory passage, spontaneous stable mutants that do not express these proteins (s- phenotype) arise. to determine the molecular mechanisms by which c. fetus changes to the s- phenotype, we studied wild-type strain 23d, from which the sapa gene encoding the 97-kda s-layer protein has been cloned, and strain 23b, a spontaneous s- mutant. we compared these strains with another pair of strains, lp (s+) and ... | 1992 | 1522068 |
| campylobacter gastroenteritis in children in riyadh, saudi arabia. | campylobacter jejuni/coli (cjc) was isolated from the stools of 82 (1 per cent) of 7369 children with gastrointestinal symptoms during a 2-year period. among 1130 control children, cj was isolated from the stool of one (0.09 per cent). the peak incidence of cjc associated gastroenteritis was in the winter. seventy-six per cent of the patients were 4 years of age and younger with the highest incidence (56 per cent) in children 2 years old and younger. the most common presenting symptoms and signs ... | 1992 | 1527809 |
| enumeration of subgingival species on primary isolation plates using colony lifts. | this study evaluated the feasibility of using a colony lift method and dna probes to enumerate bacterial species cultured on primary isolation plates. fourteen digoxigenin-labeled whole chromosomal dna probes representing 12 subgingival species were validated by hybridization with colony lifts prepared from 249 reference strains of 51 species grown on trypticase soy agar plates supplemented with 5% sheep blood. colonies of reference strains were lifted onto nytran filters from plates and treated ... | 1992 | 1528619 |
| [a 2-year study of the incidence of campylobacteriasis in the district of liptovský mikulás]. | the authors investigated the incidence of campylobacteriosis in the population of the district during 1989-1990. during the above period by cultivation 723 cases of the disease were confirmed, i.e. the incidence in 1989 was 319, the number of cases 428, in 1990 the corresponding figures were 220 and 295. the incidence of campylobacteriosis is significantly higher than that of other investigated bacterial diseases. the authors did not find a significant difference in the incidence of campylobacte ... | 1992 | 1534519 |
| treatment of traveler's diarrhea with ciprofloxacin and loperamide. | to determine the efficacy of loperamide given with long- and short-course quinolone therapy for treating traveler's diarrhea, 142 us military personnel were randomized to receive a single 750-mg dose of ciprofloxacin with placebo, 750 mg of ciprofloxacin with loperamide, or a 3-day course of 500 mg of ciprofloxacin twice daily with loperamide. culture of pretreatment stool specimens revealed campylobacters (41%), salmonellae (18%), enterotoxigenic escherichia coli (etec, 6%), and shigellae (4%). ... | 1992 | 1538160 |
| detection of campylobacter upsaliensis in diarrheic dogs and cats, using a selective medium with cefoperazone. | using a newly formulated selective medium containing cefoperazone, we isolated 72 campylobacter strains in fecal samples from 397 diarrheic dogs and cats. of these, 39 were thermophilic catalase-negative campylobacter species. we identified these campylobacter strains by dna:dna hybridization, using digoxigenin-labeled total genomic dna of 4 campylobacter reference strains (c jejuni, c coli, c lari, and c upsaliensis) as a probe. the labeling was done with a commercially available kit. we could ... | 1992 | 1539914 |
| role of campylobacter jejuni as a placental pathogen. | members of the genus campylobacter are well recognised as enteric pathogens but have rarely been implicated as human placental pathogens. a case of septic abortion due to c jejuni is reported. this occurred in a previously healthy woman with a diarrhoeal illness. the presence of chorioamnionitis raises the possibility of ascending infection rather than septicaemic spread as the pathogenesis. members of the genus campylobacter have special culture requirements and their incidence as placental pat ... | 1992 | 1541701 |
| campylobacter jejuni enteritis mistaken for ulcerative colitis. | campylobacter jejuni is the most common bacterial cause of gastroenteritis and is often missed by routine stool cultures. patients may present with a clinical syndrome and endoscopic findings that are similar to acute ulcerative colitis. ciprofloxacin is currently the recommended antibiotic therapy. | 1992 | 1541961 |
| [fever, headache, diarrhea]. | a 26-year-old man suddenly developed fever, headache, pain in the lower extremities, diarrhoea, and lymphadenopathy on the way back from thailand. subsequently, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, coagulation abnormality and a morbilliform exanthema were noted. with symptomatic treatment the patient could be dismissed in good health after nine days. the diagnosis of dengue and campylobacter jejuni/coli infection could be verified serologically by a rising antibody titer and by a positive stool culture ... | 1992 | 1542765 |
| campylobacter enteritis in saudi arabia. | a 12-month survey on the incidence of campylobacter infection in 1217 patients with diarrhoea was carried out in jeddah, saudi arabia. campylobacters were isolated from 55 (4.5%) patients, second in prevalence to salmonellas (6.2%). shigellas were isolated from 4.2% of patients. campylobacter isolation rates were high in children of all ages, as well as in young adults (36.5% of all isolates were from adults aged 20-39 years). isolation rates peaked in september and november. analysis of the res ... | 1992 | 1547840 |
| campylobacter species as a cause of diarrhoea in children in calcutta. | from 1985 to 1988, 857 children (aged between 1 day and 60 months) admitted to hospital with diarrhoea and 241 controls (aged between 5 days and 60 months) were examined for campylobacters and other enteric pathogens by means of conventional methods. the difference between the isolation rates of campylobacters in those cases in which no other enteric pathogen was found (4.8%) and controls (6.2%) was not significant (p greater than 0.05). strains of campylobacter jejuni/coli were isolated through ... | 1992 | 1548418 |
| in vitro binding of campylobacter jejuni/coli outer membrane preparations to int 407 cell membranes. | outer membrane fractions (oms) of nine campylobacter (c.) jejuni and two c. coli strains belonging to different serovars, from human and various animal origins, were extracted by treatment with sodium n-lauryl sarcosinate. using n-octyl-beta-d-glucopyranoside a 42-kda protein and a flagella-enriched fraction were obtained. the capacity of the crude bacterial om preparations, the purified 42-kda protein and the flagella to bind to membranes of the human embryonic intestinal cell line int 407 was ... | 1992 | 1549070 |
| assessment of enzyme detection tests useful in identification of campylobacteria. | twenty-one type or other reference strains, each representing a different campylobacter, helicobacter, or arcobacter taxon, and a reference strain of staphylococcus aureus were used to assess the reproducibility of nine enzyme detection tests used in the identification of campylobacters. for five of the tests (alkaline phosphatase, dnase, and h2s production, indoxyl acetate hydrolysis, and nitrate reduction), more than one procedure was employed to determine the most suitable method. alkaline ph ... | 1992 | 1551996 |
| the gene for the s7 ribosomal protein of chlamydia trachomatis: characterization within the chlamydial str operon. | the prokaryotic ribosomal operon, str, contains open reading frames for the two elongation factors, elongation factor g (ef-g) and elongation factor tu (ef-tu), and ribosomal proteins s7 and s12. the dna sequence and predicted amino acid sequence for s7 from chlamydia trachomatis are presented and compared with homologues from other prokaryotes. also, the relationship of the s7 gene to the open reading frames for ribosomal protein s12 and ef-g is described. significant amino acid homology is als ... | 1992 | 1552847 |
| [emergent infections]. | | 1992 | 1553065 |
| experimental infection of the mouse mammary gland with campylobacter coli. | campylobacter coli strains of bovine and avian origin were inoculated into the mammary gland of mice. a bovine strain isolated from a case of mastitis produced gross and histological changes in most of the glands; one bovine and one avian faecal isolate did not. histologically, lesions were characterised by neutrophil infiltration in the alveolar spaces and necrosis and oedema in the interalveolar tissue. on bacteriological examination, the bovine mastitis strain could be isolated from most of t ... | 1992 | 1553432 |
| [myocarditis and pericarditis in connection with campylobacter jejuni infection]. | we describe a case of myo/pericarditis related to infection with c. jejuni. the microbe was repeatedly isolated from faeces and the patient had specific iga, igm and igg antibodies, detected in serum samples by means of a dig-elisa method. the condition is rare and the pathogenesis unclear. the case described may be the result of a primary infection or a reactive immune response. | 1992 | 1553694 |
| campylobacter peritonitis in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis: report of eight cases and a review of the literature. | continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (capd)-associated peritonitis remains the most common complication of this form of renal replacement therapy and the potential causative organisms are many and varied. campylobacter bacteria are unusual causes of peritonitis in capd patients and we report our experience with eight cases and review those cases reported in the literature. in many episodes, there is a strong association with acute enterocolitis, which may precede the onset of cloudy dialysa ... | 1992 | 1553971 |
| molecular discrimination of campylobacter coli serogroup 20 biotype i (lior) strains. | plasmid, protein and restriction endonuclease analysis (rea) profiles and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis were used to effect a molecular discrimination of twenty-seven campylobacter coli serogroup 20, biotype 1 (lior) strains. these strains were not outbreak-associated but were isolated from a number of different countries and different animal and environmental sources. each of the techniques was able to discriminate, to various degrees, between the serogroup 20, biotype 1 strains. the choice ... | 1992 | 1557899 |
| [an unusual monosymptomatic case of gastric ulcer]. | | 1992 | 1559272 |
| [multicausal infectious respiratory tract disease of young fattening turkeys]. | the outbreak of the disease occurred in a large multiple-age farm with about 50,000 meat turkeys, where groups of 6-8000 one-day-old birds were stalled up every 14 days. all the turkey poults housed were affected mostly in the 1.-3. week of the life. the respiratory disease spread rapidly within the flocks and were characterised clinically by inclination of huddle, ruffled feathers, anorexia, stunted growth, swelling of the infraorbital sinus and nasal discharge. the clinical apparent disease la ... | 1992 | 1559465 |
| a one-year study of enteric campylobacter infections in singapore. | a total of 7344 inpatients with diarrhoea were investigated for campylobacter infections in singapore over one year. campylobacter species were recovered from 1.2% of diarrhoeal stools; 70.3% of the 91 campylobacters were from children under 5 years of age. further identification of these isolates showed that 89% were campylobacter jejuni and 10.9% were c. coli, and a high level of resistance to erythromycin was observed among them. concomitant isolation of salmonella species or shigella species ... | 1992 | 1560479 |
| production of an extracellular toxin by the oral pathogen campylobacter rectus. | the atcc type strain and six clinical isolates of campylobacter rectus were tested for toxicity against hl-60 cells and human polymorphonuclear neutrophils (pmns). after challenge with bacterial cell suspensions and media supernatants for up to 4 h, eukaryotic cell viability was assayed by trypan blue dye exclusion and lactate dehydrogenase release. cells of the c. rectus type strain were not toxic. however, ethanol and (nh4)2so4 extracts of culture media supernatants killed hl-60 cells in a tim ... | 1992 | 1560755 |
| neonatal campylobacter fetus meningitis: a report of an unusual case. | campylobacter fetus is a rare cause of meningitis in the pediatric age group and, in particular, among neonates. the clinical presentation of campylobacter meningitis in high-risk neonates is not well-described. a review of campylobacter meningitis by lee et al in 1985 reported nine cases occurring in neonates, of which only one case was caused by c. fetus. in the ensuing six years only three more confirmed cases of neonatal meningitis caused by c. fetus have been reported. we here report anothe ... | 1992 | 1563204 |
| isolation of campylobacter sputorum biovar sputorum from an axillary abscess. | campylobacter sputorum biovar sputorum is a rarely isolated organism, particularly from human clinical specimens. its pathogenic potential is unknown. we present here what we believe to be the first report of this organism being isolated from a clinically significant source, an axillary abscess. to our knowledge, this organism has not been reported previously as one of clinical relevance in the u.k. | 1992 | 1569308 |
| bilateral abducens paresis following campylobacter jejuni enteritis. | | 1992 | 1569314 |
| drug resistance of helicobacter pylori: memorandum from a meeting at the sixth international workshop on campylobacter, helicobacter, and related organisms. | | 1992 | 1569352 |
| campylobacter jejuni--an unusual cause of infectious arthritis. | | 1992 | 1570263 |
| diarrheal disease in cambodian children at a camp in thailand. | the etiology of acute diarrhea (less than or equal to 3 days duration) and persistent diarrhea (greater than or equal to 14 days duration) was determined in cambodian children under age 5 years in a refugee camp on the thai-cambodian border between may and october 1989; potential risk factors associated with persistent diarrhea were examined in an age-matched case-control study. specimens collected from children and environmental sources were examined by standard microbiologic methods; escherich ... | 1992 | 1570820 |
| campylobacter enteritis in portugal: epidemiological features and biological markers. | from 1984 to 1989, stool samples from 2811 gastroenteritis cases were examined for the presence of campylobacter jejuni and c. coli, salmonella, shigella and yersinia species. isolation rates were: campylobacter jejuni and c. coli, 5.3%, salmonella spp., 14.8%, shigella spp., 4.6% and yersinia enterocolitica, 1.1%. age group distribution analysis shows a higher campylobacter isolation rate in children under one year of age. seasonal distribution revealed a peak incidence in winter as in other me ... | 1992 | 1572427 |
| [occurrence of campylobacter coli in a central boar breeding facility in thuringia]. | investigating the cause of an outbreak of mild diarrhoea in a boar rearing unit with about 750 animals, c. coli was found in all diseased animals, i.e. it was isolated from the intestines of culled boars and from faeces samples; often the amount of c. coli was very high. the intragastric application of c. coli to 5 weaning pigs (about 35 kg) resulted in the shedding of large numbers of c. coli via the faeces at days 3 and 5 post infectionem only. the development of the animals was undisturbed du ... | 1992 | 1575669 |
| [need for a new biochemical identification scheme for thermotolerant campylobacter]. | | 1992 | 1576183 |
| [campylobacter bacteremia and hiv infection]. | bacteremia due to campylobacter is a rare infection. patients with hiv infection are an important risk group for this condition. we describe here two patients with campylobacter bacteremia and advanced hiv infection. one case was due to c. jejuni infection in a drug addict, being also isolated c. jejuni in stool samples. treatment with ciprofloxacin was effective in this patient. the other case was due to c. laridis infection also in a drug addict, with poor clinical and microbiological response ... | 1992 | 1576190 |
| [campylobacter jejuni diarrhea and myopericarditis]. | | 1992 | 1576305 |
| evaluation of different solid media used for cultivation of helicobacter (campylobacter) pylori. | the ability of nine blood containing media to support the growth of h. pylori was compared. eighteen strains of h. pylori isolated from antral biopsies were cultivated in two dilutions, for colony counts on the media to be tested. columbia base chocolate agar without additives was found to be the best medium for growth of h. pylori. however, all other fresh blood containing media also supported the growth of this organism satisfactorily. | 1992 | 1577515 |
| assessment of the modified internal gas generator system for isolation of campylobacter. | the modified internal gas generator system (miggs) to create microaerophilic conditions for the isolation of campylobacter was compared with two conventional methods viz., the gaspak and the hydrogen and carbon dioxide gas mixture from gas cylinders. ten reference strains of c. jejuni, c. coli and c. laridis were grown on butzler's medium at optimum temperature under microaerophilic conditions. the miggs and gaspak gave identical results which were better than with the compressed gas mixture. as ... | 1992 | 1577516 |
| incidence of campylobacter species in animal handlers. | from the stool samples collected from diarrhoeic and healthy handlers of domestic animals different campylobacter species were isolated in 16.6 and 21.1 per cent respectively. both biotypes 1 and 2 were identified. all the 10 strains of c. jejuni were found to be enterotoxigenic or potentially enterotoxigenic in the ligated ileal loop of albino rats. | 1992 | 1577517 |
| [campylobacter fetus spondylodiscitis]. | the case of a sixty-two year old man with campylobacter fetus spondylodiscitis is reported. despite of adequate antibiotherapy, the outcome was bad and death occurred. three other cases of campylobacter fetus spondylodiscitis are reported in the literature. tomodensitometry disclosed a paravertebral abscess with gas, that make our observation original. | 1992 | 1579850 |
| campylobacter upsaliensis isolated from a breast abscess. | campylobacter upsaliensis is a rare human pathogen recovered so far only from stools or blood from patients with enterocolitis or bacteremia. we report the isolation of c. upsaliensis from a breast abscess. | 1992 | 1583149 |
| phagocyte killing of campylobacter jejuni in relation to oxidative activation. | when studying the interaction between campylobacter jejuni and human neutrophils, we found that four different clinical isolates showed a great variability in this association. also the ability to induce neutrophil production of oxidative metabolites, measured as chemiluminescence (cl), differed between the strains. surprisingly, strain 1, which showed weak interaction with neutrophils and high resistance to killing, induced the highest cl response. all strains evoked an intracellular cl respons ... | 1992 | 1586479 |
| characterization of a 25,000-dalton helicobacter pylori protein, cross-reacting with a campylobacter jejuni protein. | extract obtained by ultrasonic disruption of helicobacter pylori bacteria contained a protein with subunit molecular mass of 25 kd which bound antibodies in sera from patients with h. pylori-associated disease. the protein was purified by gel permeation and elution from sds-polyacrylamide gel slices, and was used to raise an anti-25-kd protein-specific rabbit serum. using the antiserum in experiments, the results indicated the following: the protein exists as covalently linked dimers (45 kd) of ... | 1992 | 1586485 |
| a new case of peritonitis due to campylobacter jejuni in capd. | | 1992 | 1586699 |
| conjugal transfer of antibiotic resistances and plasmids from campylobacter jejuni clinical isolates. | six campylobacter jejuni clinical isolates were examined for the occurrence of plasmids in association with antibiotic resistances as well as conjugal transfer. all the isolates were found to carry three similar plasmids of 78 kb, 12.6 kb and 3.3 kb in size. multiple resistance to at least three of the antibiotics tested was observed with resistance to tetracycline most common. en bloc transfer of donor resistances at frequencies ranging from 10(-8) to 10(-4) were seen in all but one of the isol ... | 1992 | 1587459 |
| cross-reactive proteins of borrelia burgdorferi. | the specificity of serological tests for lyme borreliosis is impaired by cross-reacting antibodies. in order to select antigens for more specific tests, specific and cross-reactive proteins of borrelia burgdorferi must be identified. therefore, to analyze cross reactions of borrelia burgdorferi with other bacteria, rabbit immune sera against heterologous bacteria (borrelia hermsii, treponema pallidum, treponema phagedenis, leptospira interrogans (serogroup grippotyphosa), neisseria meningitidis, ... | 1992 | 1597198 |
| experimental reproduction of porcine proliferative enteritis. | a campylobacter-like bacterium, isolated from the terminal ileum of a pig with porcine proliferative enteritis (ppe), was used to initiate ppe in healthy crossbred pigs. post-mortem examinations of pigs infected orally with the bacterium revealed thickening of the terminal ileum, haemorrhage within the ileum, degeneration of ileal villi and large quantities of bile and mucous in the ileal contents. histopathological examination revealed that the terminal ileum, ileo-caecal valve and caecum from ... | 1992 | 1597533 |
| age distribution of diarrhoeal and healthy children infected with campylobacter jejuni. | the prevalence of infection with campylobacter jejuni in diarrhoeal and healthy children (age less than 7 years old) was investigated from 1 march to 31 may 1988 in chengdu city, china. the isolation rate in diarrhoeal children (11.88%) was higher than in healthy children (4.62%) (p less than 0.005). in both diarrhoeal and healthy children, infants (less than 12 months of age) had lower rates of infection than older children (p less than 0.005 and p less than 0.05 respectively). the frequency of ... | 1992 | 1597881 |
| detection of helicobacter pylori-like organisms in the stomach of some food-source animals using a monoclonal antibody. | to investigate a possible animal reservoir of helicobacter pylori, 15 pigs, 15 rabbits and 5 cows slaughtered for consumption were studied. raised serum igg levels were found in 93% of the pigs and 87% of the rabbits, but levels were normal in the cattle. in the controlled testings three of 22 humans had elevated igg to h pylori and in all three h pylori was detected by the use of monoclonal antibody. helicobacter pylori were identified in gastric brushings by a monoclonal antibody in 8 out of 1 ... | 1992 | 1600192 |
| extended phage-typing scheme for campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli. | the extended phage-typing scheme described for campylobacter jejuni and campylobacter coli has established 46 different phage types using 19 typing phages. altogether 754 campylobacter isolates, 672 c. jejuni and 82 c. coli, isolated from human and non-human sources received from 17 different countries were phage-typed. overall, 80.6% of the total isolates were typable. among typable strains, 9 phage types (3, 5, 10, 11, 18, 19, 23, 26 and 44) represented 57.0% of the strains, 21.3% of the strai ... | 1992 | 1601075 |
| seroepidemiology of helicobacter pylori infection in vegans and meat-eaters. | an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay has been used to diagnose serologically the prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection in asian life-long vegans. there was no difference in the seropositivity between these individuals and a group of age- and sex-matched asian meat-eaters, indicating the meat consumption is not a risk factor for h. pylori infection. however, both asian groups had a higher prevalence of infection than age- and sex-matched caucasian meat-eaters. additionally, the asian indivi ... | 1992 | 1601079 |
| [isolation of campylobacter lari (laridis) in feces from a child with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome]. | | 1992 | 1605418 |
| determination of the chromosomal size of three different strains of enterococcus faecalis and one strain of enterococcus faecium. | pulsed-field gel electrophoresis was used to determine the chromosomal size of three different strains of enterococcus faecalis and one strain of enterococcus faecium. the size determinations of og1x, a strain of e. faecalis widely used in many laboratories for genetic studies, using sma i, not i, and sfi i alone or in combination, ranged from 2,750 to 2,761 kb. using the same enzymes as with og1x, the size of hh-67, a plasmid-free clinical isolate of e. faecalis, was determined to be 2,170-2,28 ... | 1992 | 1605856 |
| microbic superinfection in relapse of inflammatory bowel disease. | to assess the association between symptomatic relapse of inflammatory bowel disease (ibd) and superinfection with enteropathogenic microorganisms, we determined prospectively the incidence of infections with enteropathogenic bacteria, protozoa, and helminths in patients with confirmed longstanding ibd. sixty-four patients with ibd (49 with crohn's disease [cd] and 15 with ulcerative colitis [uc]) were consecutively enrolled in the study when relapse occurred. multiple biopsies for histological a ... | 1992 | 1607606 |
| rectal bleeding caused by campylobacter jejuni in a neonate. | | 1992 | 1608692 |
| reduction of campylobacter jejuni colonization of chicks by cecum-colonizing bacteria producing anti-c. jejuni metabolites. | cecum-colonizing bacteria were isolated from campylobacter jejuni-free white leghorn (gallus domesticus) laying hens and screened for the ability to produce anti-c. jejuni metabolites. nine isolates were obtained that possessed this characteristic. the peroral administration of the nine isolates as a mixture (ca. 10(9) per chick) to 1-day-old chicks was followed 1 week later by peroral inoculation of campylobacter jejuni (ca. 10(9) per chick) to determine if the cecal isolates could protect chic ... | 1992 | 1610187 |
| taxonomy of campylobacter, arcobacter, and helicobacter: a review. | | 1992 | 1611203 |
| occurrence of thermotolerant campylobacters in fresh vegetables sold at farmers' outdoor markets and supermarkets. | a total of 1564 fresh samples of 10 vegetable types from two different retail levels (533 samples from farmers' outdoor markets and 1031 samples from supermarkets) were surveyed for the occurrence of thermotolerant campylobacters. in samples from the outdoor markets, campylobacters were detected on six types of vegetables; the detection rates were spinach, 3.3; lettuce, 3.1; radish, 2.7; green onions, 2.5; parsley, 2.4; and potatoes, 1.6%. campylobacter jejuni was the predominant species (88%), ... | 1992 | 1611556 |
| role of sucralfate in peptic disease. | sucralfate, a basic aluminum salt of sucrose, was the first successful drug with a major cytoprotective mechanism of action. it binds bile acids and pepsin and adheres to both ulcerated and nonulcerated mucosa. sucralfate stimulates the synthesis and release of gastric mucosal prostaglandins as well as bicarbonate and the epidermal growth factor which stimulates healing. sucralfate is the safest drug available today in the treatment of dyspeptic symptoms and compared to ranitidine and cimetidine ... | 1992 | 1611711 |
| empiric treatment of acute diarrheal disease with norfloxacin. a randomized, placebo-controlled study. swedish study group. | to evaluate the clinical and microbiologic efficacy and safety of norfloxacin for acute diarrhea. | 1992 | 1616214 |
| bacteremia due to campylobacter cinaedi in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. | | 1992 | 1617064 |
| campylobacter infection 1991. | | 1992 | 1620506 |
| occurrence of campylobacter spp. in young gulls, duration of campylobacter infection and reinfection by contact. | two groups of three week old herring gulls (larus argentatus) were held to observe the carrier state with campylobacter. all 27 birds of group i excreted campylobacter jejuni biotype iii when they were caught from their colony. four weeks later all but one were negative, indicating that the carrier state lasts until about the seventh week of life, with self-elimination if infection with another campylobacter species is prevented by housing in a closed environment as in this study. only one bird ... | 1992 | 1621473 |
| [development of genetic and molecular approaches for the diagnosis and the study of the pathogenic power of helicobacter pylori, agent of inflammatory gastric diseases]. | helicobacter pylori (h. pylori) is a small gram negative bacillus, recently discovered, found in the stomach of patients with active chronic gastritis and duodenal ulcers. production of a potent urease has been described as a trait common to all h. pylori so far isolated. to clarify the role of urease in the pathogenic process, as well as to engineer genetic tools useful for the diagnosis of h. pylori, we cloned the genes responsible for urease activity. a genomic library was constructed in esch ... | 1992 | 1622109 |
| study on the epidemiology and control of campylobacter jejuni in poultry broiler flocks. | broiler flocks are frequently infected with campylobacter jejuni. the origin of the infection is still unclear. the question of whether colonization of flocks results from transmission of c. jejuni from breeder flocks to progeny (vertical transmission) or from environmental sources (horizontal transmission) remains to be answered. therefore, in this study samples were taken from successive broiler flocks in two broiler houses (house a on farm a and house b1 on farm b) as well as from the environ ... | 1992 | 1622265 |
| campylobacter jejuni non-culturable coccoid cells. | the behaviour of campylobacter jejuni in the environment is poorly documented. rapid loss of viability on culture media is reported. this phenomenon is associated with the development of so-called coccoid cells. it has been suggested that these cells can be infective to animals and man. results obtained with atp-measurements of coccoid cells and direct viable count (dvc) support this hypothesis. introduction of coccoid cells into simulated gastric, ileal and colon environments did not result in ... | 1992 | 1622752 |
| distribution and numbers of campylobacter in newly slaughtered broiler chickens and hens. | if campylobacter is present in the intestinal tract, broiler carcasses become extensively contaminated during the slaughter process. to determine the distribution and numbers of campylobacter jejuni/coli in newly slaughtered broiler chickens and hens, a total of 100 birds from six campylobacter-positive flocks were sampled at three swedish processing plants. campylobacters were isolated in 89% of neck skins, 93% of peritoneal cavity swab samples and in 75% of subcutaneous samples. muscle samples ... | 1992 | 1622758 |
| outer membrane components of campylobacter hyointestinalis. | outer membranes were isolated, by sodium lauryl sulphate extraction, from the american type strain, five australian, and four english isolates of campylobacter hyointestinalis. on sds-page examination, the protein profiles of seven strains (including the type strain) were similar, and were dominated by two major proteins of 47 and 50 kda. three other isolates had unique major protein profiles. the largest of these proteins was heat-modifiable in these isolates, and in the type strain. the flagel ... | 1992 | 1624127 |
| variation in antigenicity and molecular weight of campylobacter coli vc167 flagellin in different genetic backgrounds. | campylobacter coli vc167 has been shown to undergo a reversible flagellar antigenic variation between antigenic type 1 (t1) and antigenic type 2 (t2). vc167 contains two flagellin genes, and the products of both genes are incorporated into a complex flagellar filament in both antigenic types. although there are only minor amino acid changes in the flagellins expressed by t1 and t2 cells, the two antigenic types of flagellins can be distinguished by differences in apparent m(r) on sodium dodecyl ... | 1992 | 1624417 |
| [serological studies on campylobacter jejuni/coli: establishment of national reference system for serological typing in japan]. | in order to establish a national reference system for campylobacter serotyping in japan, 7 local institutes of public health collaborated to prepare 30 serogrouping antisera including 26 antisera of lior's serogrouping system and 4 antisera of tck serogrouping system which was developed by the tokyo metropolitan research laboratory of public health. a total of 603 strains (92.2%) out of 654 isolates from 23 outbreaks of c. jejuni throughout japan were serogrouped by the 30 antisera. out of 1,198 ... | 1992 | 1624822 |
| production of enterotoxin and cytotoxin in campylobacter jejuni strains isolated in costa rica. | the production of toxins by 79 strains of campylobacter jejuni isolated in costa rica from children with campylobacter-induced diarrhoea (44 strains) and from chickens (35 strains) was studied. an enterotoxic effect giving a rounding of mouse adrenocortical tumour (y1) cells, which could be neutralised with antitoxin against escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin, was detected in supernates from 16 (62%) of 26 strains from children with watery diarrhoea, in 5 (28%) of 18 strains from children ... | 1992 | 1625311 |
| factors that influence the interaction of campylobacter jejuni with cultured mammalian cells. | although campylobacter jejuni is now recognised as a common enteric pathogen, the mechanisms by which this organism produces enteritis remain ill-defined. it has been proposed that its abilities to adhere to and enter epithelial cells represent properties essential to virulence. however, the characteristics of these interactions and factors that may influence the association of c. jejuni with epithelial cells are incompletely described. we have determined that the ability of c. jejuni to bind to ... | 1992 | 1625313 |
| plasmid profiles of "campylobacter upsaliensis" isolated from blood cultures and stools of paediatric patients. | seventy-three clinical isolates of "campylobacter upsaliensis" were screened for the presence of plasmids. plasmid bands were found in 68 (93%) isolates, from which 14 plasmid types were identified. type 5 was found only in blood-culture isolates, whereas types 7-14 were found only in faecal isolates. plasmid-free isolates and the other plasmid profiles were present in both faecal and blood isolates. the reproducibility of these profiles was largely dependent on the method of plasmid isolation. ... | 1992 | 1625321 |
| pathogenicity of campylobacter jejuni for turkeys and chickens. | a campylobacter jejuni isolate obtained from a turkey liver, designated c101, and a c. jejuni isolate obtained from the feces of a chicken, designated c111, were used to inoculate their respective hosts. isolate c101 depressed weight gain by 20% when inoculated into newly hatched poults or 4-day-old poults. it also caused death, hepatic necrosis, and generalized hemorrhages in turkey embryos. the chicken-derived isolate, c111, did not reduce weight gain in newly hatched chicks, but it did induce ... | 1992 | 1627109 |
| [an acute axonal polyneuropathy affecting intrinsic hand muscles following campylobacter infection--a case report]. | a 24-year-old carpenter had the shakes and fever on march 13, 1990. he suffered from watery diarrhea on march 14 and 15. he left muscle weakness in his thumbs and fingers when he drove nails with a hammer on march 24. the weakness reached maximum by the 3rd day of illness. he was admitted to our hospital on day 4. neurological examination revealed symmetrical weakness localized in the intrinsic hand muscles (mrc grade 2-4). the deep tendon reflexes were preserved. sensation was intact except for ... | 1992 | 1628453 |
| immunoglobulin g antibodies to helicobacter pylori in patients with dyspeptic symptoms investigated by the western immunoblot technique. | helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative, curved, rod-shaped bacterium known to cause gastritis and to be an important factor in the pathogenesis of peptic ulcers. serological testing has recently been proposed as an aid in diagnosis of h. pylori infections. in this study, we used the western immunoblot technique to evaluate the possibility of using one or more of the antigens from h. pylori for this purpose. thirteen major bands and about 30 minor bands could be identified by western blotting whe ... | 1992 | 1629330 |
| acute campylobacter jejuni enteritis in 385 hospitalised patients. | twenty healthy controls and 385 adult patients suffering from acute enteritis or gastroenteritis were enrolled for the study of campylobacter jejuni infection over a period of 2 years. thirty five stool samples showed c jejuni on stool culture. the isolation rates were at peak in the monsoon season and from watery and bloody stool specimens. pure c jejuni culture was obtained in 18 of 35 samples; the other 17 samples showed polymicrobial infection or infestation. nine of 35 patients were treated ... | 1992 | 1634481 |
| translocation of campylobacter jejuni across human polarized epithelial cell monolayer cultures. | the ability of campylobacter jejuni isolates to translocate across an epithelial cell barrier was investigated by using polarized caco-2 cell monolayers grown on microporous membrane filters. the 4 c. jejuni isolates tested all traversed the caco-2 cell monolayers and displayed similar translocation kinetics. the number of bacteria crossing the polarized cell monolayers continued to increase with time until 4 h after inoculation, at which time a maximum rate of translocation was observed. transm ... | 1992 | 1634802 |
| guillain-barré syndrome associated with high titers of anti-gm1 antibodies. | we found high titers of anti-gm1 antibodies (1/1280 or more) in 3 of 14 consecutive patients (21%) with guillain-barré syndrome (gbs) and in 2 additional patients who developed gbs, 10-11 days after starting parenteral treatment with gangliosides. antibodies were igg in 4 patients and igm in one, and they all bound to asialo-gm1, and, in 3, to gd1b as well. although the clinical features in all the patients with high anti-gm1 titers fulfilled the criteria for the diagnosis of gbs and in 4 of the ... | 1992 | 1634903 |
| guillain-barré syndrome and campylobacter jejuni/coli. | | 1992 | 1641258 |
| high levels of anti-campylobacter-flagellin iga antibodies in breast milk. | several studies have shown the beneficial role of immunity against enteric campylobacter sp. circulating antibodies against flagellin and possibly maternal antibodies seem to protect against intestinal colonization by campylobacter. milk from women in central africa (n = 120) and in france (n = 31) were investigated for the presence of anti-flagellin antibodies. results showed that most french and all african milk possessed anti-flagellin iga but not igg. the titres of anti-flagellin iga were el ... | 1992 | 1641516 |
| comparison of campylobacter carriage rates in diarrheic and healthy pet animals. | to explore the clinical significance of campylobacter infections for dogs and cats we compared intestinal carriage rates for campylobacter sp. between animals with gastroenteritis and healthy controls. we cultured fecal specimens of 405 diarrheic dogs and 203 cats as well as 71 asymptomatic dogs and 35 cats using a selective medium in addition to filtration on a non-selective blood agar plate. we identified 224 campylobacter isolates using conventional phenotypic tests and dna hybridization. the ... | 1992 | 1642073 |
| an outbreak of poisoning from penicillium cyclopium contaminated dried persimmon. | it is the first report of an outbreak of 114 food-poisoning cases due to consumption of penicillium cyclopium contaminated dried persimmon. gastralgia, diarrhea, dizziness and general malaise are chief symptoms of the poisoning, with incubation period of 2-6 hrs generally and a short disease period (generally recovered within 2-3 days). no enteropathogenic organism, pathogenic coccus and campylobacter jejuni were detected. surface fungi counts were 49,000/g, 21.3 times of that discovered in the ... | 1992 | 1642784 |
| subcutaneous rectal stump closure after emergency subtotal colectomy. | subtotal colectomy with preservation of the rectum is now the procedure of choice for patients with severe colitis requiring emergency surgery. the use of subcutaneous 'rectal closure' when the retained distal bowel is placed at the caudal end of the abdominal incision in the subcutaneous or fascial layer is studied. an anal catheter may be placed to drain the rectum. thirty-two patients (14 men, 18 women) of mean age 33 (range 17-77) years with severe inflammatory bowel disease (29 ulcerative c ... | 1992 | 1643491 |