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(Pediatrics in Review. 2005;26:345-346.)
© 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics

In Brief

Campylobacter Infection

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Campylobacter Infection. Ang JY, Nachman S. eMedicine. July 17, 2003. Available at: http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2697.htm

Campylobacter and Related Species. Blaser M. In: Mandel G, Bennet J, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease. 4th ed. New York, NY: Churchill Livingstone; 1995:1948 –1956

www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dbmd/diseaseinfo/campylobacter_g.htm

Worldwide, Campylobacter jejuni likely is responsible for more cases of infectious diarrhea in children than any other bacterial agent. Estimates are that as many as 1% of the United States population, about 2 million people, are infected with C jejuni each year. Most infections in poorer countries occur in children younger than 5 years of age, presumably because older children and adults are protected by antibodies that develop with repeated exposure to the organism early in life. In more developed countries, C jejuni infection follows a bimodal pattern, with peaks in the first postnatal year and again in early adulthood, from 15 to 30 years of age.

Most cases of Campylobacter infection are linked to handling raw poultry or eating undercooked poultry or meat. The organism lives commensally in the intestinal tracts of farm animals, particularly poultry. Some 80% of chickens raised for human consumption in the United States carry Campylobacter. As with many enteric organisms, Campylobacter is transmitted from person to person by the fecal-oral route and has a relatively low infective dose. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Elaine A. Dinolfo, MD
 Children’s Hospital at Montefiore
Bronx, NY

Henry M. Adam, MD
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