Detection and species identification of Campylobacter in stool samples of children and animals from Vellore, south India
| Autor: | Gagandeep Kang, Deva Prasanna Rajan, Sudhir Babji, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, AT George, Priya Rajendran |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Diarrhea Veterinary medicine Bacterial Gastroenteritis chicken Prevalence lcsh:QR1-502 Campylobacteriosis India Campylobacter coli medicine.disease_cause Campylobacter jejuni Polymerase Chain Reaction lcsh:Microbiology Article Microbiology Feces medicine Species identification Animals Humans zoonotic Bacteriological Techniques biology Coinfection Campylobacter Infant biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Gastroenteritis Child Preschool Mixed infection |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 30, Iss 1, Pp 85-88 (2012) |
| Popis: | Campylobacter spp. are an important cause of bacterial gastroenteritis frequently isolated from animal, poultry and environmental samples. In this study, we investigated the zoonotic potential of Campylobacter spp. by comparing prevalence rates and species in 394 children with diarrhoea and 652 animals in Vellore using PCR-based tools. Eighteen children (4.5%) had campylobacteriosis, a majority of whom had co-pathogens (15/18) and most were infected with Campylobacter jejuni (16/18). A few C. coli and mixed infections with both species were also seen. Among the animal samples, 16/25 chicken samples (64%) were positive and all were found to be C. jejuni. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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