Ani E A, Takahashi T, Shonekan R A
Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Jos, Nigeria.
J Clin Microbiol. 1988 Mar;26(3):605-6. doi: 10.1128/jcm.26.3.605-606.1988.
Titers of complement-fixing (CF) antibody to Campylobacter jejuni were demonstrated in 87 (36.7%) of 237 infants 6 to 15 months old in Jos, Nigeria. Of the total number of children examined, 81 had acute diarrhea and 27 of them (33.3%) were found to have CF antibodies in their serum. The remaining 156 children were asymptomatic, and 60 (38.4%) of them had CF antibodies. In the diarrheal group, 27 of 75 children 6 to 8 months old were CF antibody positive. There was no significant difference in the incidence of CF C. jejuni antibodies in the diarrheal and nondiarrheal infants (P greater than 0.05). Also, infants 9 to 15 months old had a higher incidence of CF antibodies (46.5%) than those 6 to 8 months of age (25%). The data suggest that the infants whose sera were CF antibody positive had had an exposure to C. jejuni. All 33 infants 6 to 8 months of age who had no diarrhea were CF antibody negative.
在尼日利亚乔斯，对237名6至15个月大的婴儿进行检测，结果显示87名（36.7%）婴儿的血清中存在空肠弯曲菌补体结合（CF）抗体。在所有接受检查的儿童中，81名患有急性腹泻，其中27名（33.3%）血清中检测到CF抗体。其余156名儿童无症状，其中60名（38.4%）有CF抗体。在腹泻组中，75名6至8个月大的儿童中有27名CF抗体呈阳性。腹泻婴儿和非腹泻婴儿中CF空肠弯曲菌抗体的发生率没有显著差异（P大于0.05）。此外，9至15个月大的婴儿CF抗体发生率（46.5%）高于6至8个月大的婴儿（25%）。数据表明，血清CF抗体呈阳性的婴儿曾接触过空肠弯曲菌。所有33名6至8个月大且无腹泻的婴儿CF抗体均为阴性。
