persistent, recurring diarrhea in a colony of orangutans (pongo pygmaeus) caused by multiple strains of campylobacter spp. | a colony of 10 orangutans (pongo pygmaeus) experienced persistent, recurring diarrhea caused by multiple infections with campylobacter jejuni and c. coli. infections appeared to have occurred through several mechanisms, including fecal-oral transmission between orangutans, and possibly transmission by houseflies contaminated with the organisms from nearby chicken feces. among the 14 fecal and environmental c. jejuni isolates, 4 different antibiotic susceptibility profiles were detected; there we ... | 1994 | 7942349 |