Abstract
A prospective study compared fecal isolation rates of Campylobacter concisus for children with diarrhea and without diarrhea by a filter technique in which media were incubated for 4 days in a microaerobic atmosphere. No statistically significant difference in isolation rates was found (13.2% in patients with diarrhea and 9% in controls). Moreover, 35 of 37 children attending the same day care center harbored different C. concisus strains, as was demonstrated by arbitrary primer PCR DNA fingerprinting. These data suggest a lack of a pathogenic role for C. concisus in enteritis.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2304-2306 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical Microbiology |
Volume | 34 |
Publication status | Published - Sep 1996 |