Article
Outbreak of recurrent abdominal cramps associated with Arcobacter butzleri in an Italian school.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 1992
Vandamme P, Pugina P, Benzi G, Van Etterijck R, Vlaes L, Kersters K, Butzler J P, Lior H, Lauwers S
Abstract excerpt
In the autumn of 1983, an outbreak of recurrent abdominal cramps occurred in a nursery and primary school in the Rovigo area in Italy. None of the 10 affected children had diarrhea. An atypical Campylobacter-like organism was isolated from feces in all cases. Conventional enteropathogens were sea...
Topics
- Campylobacter
- Campylobacter Infections
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Disease Outbreaks
- Feces
- Female
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Humans
- Italy
- Male
- Phenotype
