Kendall E J, Tanner E I
J Hyg (Lond). 1982 Apr;88(2):155-63. doi: 10.1017/s0022172400070030.
The incidence and clinical features of campylobacter enteritis were studied in a defined general practice population over a period of three years. Specimens of faeces were cultured from a representative sample of patients suffering from acute enteritis. Of 168 patients submitting a specimen to the laboratory 34 (20.2%) were positive for thermophilic Campylobacter species. The projected campylobacter infection rate varied from 5.4% per annum in infancy to 0.3% per annum in the 5- to 14-year-olds with a mean of 1.1% per annum for the whole study population. During the same period campylobacters were isolated from 484 (14.9%) of 3250 patients suffering from acute enteritis whose general practitioners had sent faecal specimens to the laboratory, confirming the importance of this organism in the aetiology of acute enteritis in the community.
在三年时间里,对一个特定的全科医疗人群中弯曲杆菌肠炎的发病率和临床特征进行了研究。从患有急性肠炎的患者代表性样本中采集粪便标本进行培养。在向实验室提交标本的168名患者中,34名(20.2%)嗜热弯曲杆菌属检测呈阳性。预计弯曲杆菌感染率从婴儿期的每年5.4%到5至14岁儿童的每年0.3%不等,整个研究人群的平均感染率为每年1.1%。在同一时期,从3250名患有急性肠炎且其全科医生已将粪便标本送检的患者中的484名(14.9%)分离出弯曲杆菌,证实了这种微生物在社区急性肠炎病因学中的重要性。