Article
Assessment of the prevalence and diversity of emergent campylobacteria in human stool samples using a combination of traditional and molecular methods.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Apr 2013
Collado Luis, Gutiérrez Magali, González Mario, Fernández Heriberto
Abstract excerpt
This study aims to assess the diversity of campylobacteria (Campylobacter and Arcobacter) in human fecal samples from patients with diarrhea (n = 140) and asymptomatic controls (n = 116) in Chile, using a combination of traditional culture and molecular methods. The culture methods detected campylobacteria in 10.7% of the patients with diarrhea and in 1.7% of the controls. In contrast, the molecular methods...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Arcobacter
- Bacteriological Techniques
- Campylobacter
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Chile
- Diarrhea