Purpose Timely antibiotic therapy in selected cases of diarrhea associated with bacterial infections can reduce the duration and severity of illness and prevent complications. The availability of a predictive index before identification of causative bacteria would aid in the choice of a therapeutic agent. Methods The study included patients admitted to the pediatrics unit at Konyang Universit...

Cholera is caused by strains of V. cholerae O1 or O139. V. cholerae has many serotypes, but only toxigenic strains (which produce cholera toxin, or CT) belonging to these two serotypes have caused epidemic diarrhoea. V. cholerae belongs to the Vibrionaceae family of bacteria, which are normal inhabitants of fresh and salt water; thus, an understanding of cholera requires an understanding of the...

The main aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of campylobacteriosis in population of heifers in Poland. An additional objective was to compare two independent methods used in diagnosis of the disease: culture and PCR. The 1,600 vaginal swabs from heifer origin from different farms of Poland were investigated using both methods. The results showed that the percentage of positive samp...

An outbreak of Campylobacter enteritis among staff on a resort island in north Queensland is reported. Untreated rainwater and food from the staff dining room were initially suspected as possible sources of infection but Campylobacter species were not isolated from any environmental samples. Faecal contamination was detected in four rainwater tanks. A case control study involved a total of 23 c...

A case of neonatal campylobacteriosis with hemorrhagic enteritis and bacteraemia due to Campylobacter coli is presented. The mother, from a rural area, had three febrile self-limited diarrheic episodes during pregnancy. The neonate probably acquired the infection during labor. The newborn’s serum showed high levels of specific immunoglobulins which could explain the scarce symptoms in this newb...

Did you know that a droplet of raw chicken juice splashed off raw chicken during washing can travel nearly three feet (Everis & Betts, 2008)? If restaurants don’t take care to avoid cross contamination, raw chicken juice can also drip or splash onto other foods dur­ ing preparation. If it gets onto ready-to-eat foods or food contact surfaces, the con­ sumer can ingest harmful bacteria present i...

Foodborne diseases are a growing public health problem worldwide with Campylobacter and Salmonella being the most common and widely distributed causative agents. These Gramnegative bacteria are common inhabitant of the gut of warm-blooded animals, especially livestock, being transmitted to humans primarily through the consumption of contaminated food of animal origin. Poultry meat and derivativ...

In June 1999, the dioxin crisis, caused by dioxin-contaminated feed components, exploded in Belgium, resulting in withdrawal of chicken and eggs from the market. Through the sentinel surveillance system, a decrease in Campylobacter infections during June 1999 was noticed. A model was generated with the reports from preceding years (1994 to 1998), and a prediction of the number of infections in ...

Studies have suggested that flies play a linking role in the epidemiology of Campylobacter spp. in broiler chickens and that fly screens can reduce the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. We examined the year-round and long-term effects of fly screens in 10 broiler chicken houses (99 flocks) in Denmark. Prevalence of Campylobacter spp.-positive flocks was significantly reduced, from 41.4% during 2...