Epoke J, Coker A O
Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria.
East Afr Med J. 1991 May;68(5):348-51.
Oral infection of rats with 10(6)-10(8) colony forming units per ml of Campylobacter jejuni resulted in prompt intestinal colonization. Campylobacter jejuni was recovered from rat faecal samples for four months post infection. The colonized rats did not succumb to clinical diarrhoea or pyrexia. The resistance of rats to C. jejuni clinical infection and their ability to shed the organism for protracted periods, make rats potential source of zoonotic campylobacteriosis.
用每毫升含有10⁶ - 10⁸菌落形成单位的空肠弯曲菌对大鼠进行口腔感染，可迅速导致肠道定植。在感染后四个月，可从大鼠粪便样本中分离出空肠弯曲菌。定植的大鼠未出现临床腹泻或发热症状。大鼠对空肠弯曲菌临床感染的抵抗力以及它们长期排出该菌的能力，使大鼠成为人兽共患弯曲菌病的潜在传染源。
