Zaman R
Department of Pathology, King Khalid National Guard Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
Epidemiol Infect. 1992 Feb;108(1):51-8. doi: 10.1017/s0950268800049499.
A 12-month survey on the incidence of campylobacter infection in 1217 patients with diarrhoea was carried out in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Campylobacters were isolated from 55 (4.5%) patients, second in prevalence to salmonellas (6.2%). Shigellas were isolated from 4.2% of patients. Campylobacter isolation rates were high in children of all ages, as well as in young adults (36.5% of all isolates were from adults aged 20-39 years). Isolation rates peaked in September and November. Analysis of the results showed that 69% were Campylobacter jejuni (mostly biotype IV) and 31% C. coli. Serogroups 5 and 23 (Penner scheme) and phage type 125 (Preston scheme) were most frequently isolated. Resistance to erythromycin and tetracycline was observed in 7.3 and 32.7% of the isolates. Campylobacters are an important cause of bacterial enteritis in Saudi Arabia, both in adults and in children, and should be sought routinely.
在沙特阿拉伯吉达,对1217例腹泻患者进行了为期12个月的弯曲杆菌感染发病率调查。从55例(4.5%)患者中分离出弯曲杆菌,其患病率仅次于沙门氏菌(6.2%)。从4.2%的患者中分离出志贺氏菌。所有年龄段的儿童以及年轻人中弯曲杆菌分离率都很高(所有分离株中有36.5%来自20 - 39岁的成年人)。分离率在9月和11月达到峰值。结果分析显示,69%为空肠弯曲杆菌(大多为生物型IV),31%为大肠弯曲杆菌。血清型5和23(彭纳分型法)以及噬菌体型125(普雷斯顿分型法)最常被分离出来。在7.3%和32.7%的分离株中观察到对红霉素和四环素的耐药性。弯曲杆菌是沙特阿拉伯成年人和儿童细菌性肠炎的重要病因,应常规进行检测。