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ROLE OF CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI/COLI IN DIARRHOEA IN ILE-IFE, NIGERIA
Abstract
Background: Campylobacter jejuni/coli are well established causative agents of diarrhoea.
In Nigeria, gastroenteritis due to C. jejuni was first reported in northern part of the
country in 1981 and the South-Western part in Ile-Ife in 1983.
Objective: To re-examine the role of C. jejuni as an agent of diarrhoea after more than
a decade at Ile-Ife, Nigeria and to determine the biological characteristics of local strains.
Design: A prospective case control study.
Setting: Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC) Ile-Ife,
Nigeria.
Subjects: Three hundred and three children with diarrhoea and 100 children with other
medical conditions other than diarrhoea were randomly selected.
Main Outcome Measures: Isolation of C. jejuni/coli from stool samples collected from
the patients and controls. Biological characteristics of the isolates.
Results: Fifty eight (19.1%) and 6% of the patients and controls, had the organism
respectively. Campylobacter coli accounts for 53.3% of isolates. All the isolates were
susceptible to erythromycin and there was no evidence of ß-lactomase production.
Conclusion: Campylobacter jejuni is an important diarrhoea agent in our environment
and should be considered strongly in children with diarrhoea. Complete characterization
of local, strains is necessary.
In Nigeria, gastroenteritis due to C. jejuni was first reported in northern part of the
country in 1981 and the South-Western part in Ile-Ife in 1983.
Objective: To re-examine the role of C. jejuni as an agent of diarrhoea after more than
a decade at Ile-Ife, Nigeria and to determine the biological characteristics of local strains.
Design: A prospective case control study.
Setting: Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex (OAUTHC) Ile-Ife,
Nigeria.
Subjects: Three hundred and three children with diarrhoea and 100 children with other
medical conditions other than diarrhoea were randomly selected.
Main Outcome Measures: Isolation of C. jejuni/coli from stool samples collected from
the patients and controls. Biological characteristics of the isolates.
Results: Fifty eight (19.1%) and 6% of the patients and controls, had the organism
respectively. Campylobacter coli accounts for 53.3% of isolates. All the isolates were
susceptible to erythromycin and there was no evidence of ß-lactomase production.
Conclusion: Campylobacter jejuni is an important diarrhoea agent in our environment
and should be considered strongly in children with diarrhoea. Complete characterization
of local, strains is necessary.
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