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. 1980 Dec;12(6):744-7.
doi: 10.1128/jcm.12.6.744-747.1980.

Isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from Bangladeshi children

M J Blaser, R I Glass, M I Huq, B Stoll, G M Kibriya, A R Alim

Isolation of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from Bangladeshi children

M J Blaser et al. J Clin Microbiol. 1980 Dec.

Abstract

To determine the prevalence of infection with Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni in Bangladesh, culture surveys were conducted among three populations. In Dacca, Campylobacter was isolated from 5.2% of 97 individuals with clinical dysentery and from 12.3% of 204 patients with only diarrhea. This difference may have resulted from a greater representation of young children in the second group. Campylobacter was isolated from 17.7% of the 141 healthy village children aged 1 to 5.5 years and from 38.8% of the 1-year-old children. More infected children (48%) had a history of recent diarrheal illness than did a group of matched controls (20%; P = 0.016). These findings suggest that campylobacter infection is common for Bangladeshi children. However, this organism may not cause diarrheal illness in all instances in which it is isolated.

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