ISOLATION OF CAMPYLOBACTER-CONCISUS FROM FECES OF CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT DIARRHEA

A prospective study compared fecal isolation rates of Campylobacter co ncisus for children with diarrhea and without diarrhea by a filter tec hnique in which media were incubated for 4 days in a microaerobic atmo sphere. No statistically significant difference in isolation rates was found (13.2% in patients with diarrhea anti 9% in controls). Moreover , 35 of 37 children attending the same day care center harbored differ ent C. concisus strains, as was demonstrated by arbitrary primer PCR D NA fingerprinting. These data suggest a lack of a pathogenic role for C. concisus in enteritis.