Campylobacter fetus jejuni enteritis; in new York City
Mosenthal, A.C.; Mones, R.L.; Bokkenheuser, V.D.
New York State Journal of Medicine 81(3): 321-323
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0028-7628 PMID: 6938818 Document Number: 177627
During a 1 yr period, C. fetus ssp. jejuni was isolated from fecal specimens of 16 of 260 (6.1%) New Yorkers with diarrhea and of 1 of 21 (0.8%) controls. The incidence was highest among children 2-14 yr old and equaled that of enteric salmonellosis and shigellosis combined. The disease was characterized by fever and mild-to-moderate diarrhea, occasionally with bloody stools; vomiting and abdominal pain occurred in 30-40% of the cases. The patients recovered spontaneously or following erythromycin treatment.