Article
Isolation of group 2 aerotolerant Campylobacter species from Thai children with diarrhea.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 May 1991
Taylor D N, Kiehlbauch J A, Tee W, Pitarangsi C, Echeverria P
Abstract excerpt
Campylobacter species were isolated from 93 (15%) of 631 Thai children with diarrhea using the membrane filter technique on nonselective blood agar incubated at 37 degrees C. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from 62 (10%), Campylobacter coli from 14 (2%), and atypical campylobacters from 17 (3%). The 17 atypical strains were first characterized biochemically and by dot blot DNA hybridization. Catalase-negative...
Topics
- Campylobacter
- Campylobacter Infections
- Child, Preschool
- DNA, Bacterial
- Diarrhea
- Feces
- Humans
- Infant
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
- Thailand