outbreak of recurrent abdominal cramps associated with arcobacter butzleri in an italian school. | in the autumn of 1983, an outbreak of recurrent abdominal cramps occurred in a nursery and primary school in the rovigo area in italy. none of the 10 affected children had diarrhea. an atypical campylobacter-like organism was isolated from feces in all cases. conventional enteropathogens were searched for but not detected. the campylobacter-like organism was identified as arcobacter butzleri by using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of whole-cell proteins and cellular fa ... | 1992 | 1400998 |