CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AL TUNISIAN CENTER - EPIDEMIOLOGIC, CLINICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY

Authors
BOUKADIDA J CHAMLI J BOUALLEGUE O YACOUB M ABROUG S MONASTIRI K MILI A JEDDI M ENNABLI S HARBI A ESSOUSSI AS
Citation
J. Boukadida et al., CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS IN THE GEOGRAPHIC AL TUNISIAN CENTER - EPIDEMIOLOGIC, CLINICAL AND BACTERIOLOGICAL STUDY, Medecine et maladies infectieuses, 24(6-7), 1994, pp. 775-779
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Medecine et maladies infectieuses → ACNP
ISSN journal
0399077X
Volume
24
Issue
6-7
Year of publication
1994
Pages
775 - 779
Database
ISI
SICI code
0399-077X(1994)24:6-7<775:CEITGA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Over 12 months period (1992), 3 301 diarrhoeal patients originating fr om central Tunisia were investigated for Campylobacter enteritis. Four ty C. jejuni and three C. coli were isolated from fourty patients. Max imum incidence was in infants. Most cases were identified in autumn an d winter. Poultry and raw milk were the likely sources of contaminatio n. Among drugs tested, erythromycin appeared the most efficacious. Dat a suggest that Campylobacter may be an important cause of diarrhea in central Tunisia.