Experiments were performed to assess the reduction of Campylobacter spp. and Escherichia coli in commercial broiler carcasses by postchill dip applications of acidified sodium chlorite. Carcass rinses were collected before the inside-outside-bird washer (IOBW), post-IOBW, postchill, and after the postchill application of acidified sodium chlorite. Prevalence and counts of Campylobacter spp. and...

BACKGROUND Campylobacter concisus and other non-Campylobacter jejuni Campylobacter species have been implicated in the initiation of gastrointestinal diseases. In the present study, we investigated the interaction between these bacteria and the human intestinal epithelium and immune cells. METHODS The ability of C. concisus, Campylobacter showae, Campylobacter hominis, and Bacteroides ureolyt...

Campylobacter species cause a spectrum of illnesses in humans. The type of illness and the outcome is dependent on the virulence of the infecting pathogen strain and host immune status. Acute stress can seriously compromise host immunity and increase susceptibility to infection. Noradrenaline (NA) is a stress hormone. Several studies have shown that it stimulated growth and increased the pathog...

Campylobacter is one of the most common food-borne bacterial enteropathogens. We planned to investigate the prevalence and antibiotic resistogram of Campylobacter in poultry in and around Chandigarh. Poultry samples (n = 127) were obtained from slaughter houses/retail outlets and cultured microaerophilically on Campylobacter media. The isolates were identified phenotypically and by molecular in...

Campylobacter spp. are nutritionally fastidious organisms that are sensitive to normal atmospheric oxygen levels and lack homologues of common cold shock genes. At first glance, these bacteria seem ill equipped to persist within food products under processing and storage conditions; however, they survive in numbers sufficient to cause the largest number of foodborne bacterial disease annually....

AIMS To investigate the serological cross reaction between legionella and campylobacter using the rapid microagglutination test (RMAT). METHODS Serum samples from 49 patients with campylobacter infection were tested for legionella antibodies using the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) and the RMAT. Serum samples that had positive RMAT titres were retested in the presence of a campylob...

A Western blot (immunoblot) assay was used to detect Campylobacter-specific immunoglobulin A in urine. Acute-phase urine samples from six children with Campylobacter diarrhea had titers ranging from 2 to 8. The highest titer was detected 4 days postonset. Campylobacter-specific immunoglobulin A was undetectable in the paired convalescent-phase specimens and urine samples from three control chil...

A shuttle cloning vector (pIL550) has been constructed which can be mobilized from Escherichia coli to Campylobacter jejuni, Campylobacter coli, and Campylobacter fetus by complementation with the transfer functions of an IncP plasmid in trans, with a frequency of 10(-4) transconjugants per donor. We also present evidence for a DNA modification system in C. jejuni.

Steinhauserová I . , K. Foj t íková: Serotyping and Identification of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli Strains of Human and Animal Origin Using the PCR Method. Acta Vet. Brno 1999, 68: 149–154. A total number of 178 strains of Campylobacter spp. from human patients suffering from diarrhea and from the intestinal content of slaughtered pigs and poultry was isolated during years 1996 t...

BACKGROUND Although diarrheal illnesses are recognized as both a cause and effect of undernutrition, evidence for the effect of specific enteropathogens on early childhood growth remains limited. We estimated the effects of undernutrition as a risk factor for campylobacteriosis, as well as associations between symptomatic and asymptomatic Campylobacter infections and growth. METHODOLOGY/PRINC...