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Culture Methods to Determine the Limit of Detection and Survival in Transport Media of Campylobacter Jejuni in Human Fecal Specimens
Published on: March 10, 2020
Guillain-Barré syndrome associated with Campylobacter jejuni infection in England, 2000-2001
Clarence C Tam1, Laura C Rodrigues, Sarah J O'Brien
1Gastrointestinal Diseases Division, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. ctam@phls.org.uk
Abstract:
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a rare but serious complication of infectious intestinal disease due to Campylobacter jejuni. To date, estimates of the burden of C. jejuni-associated GBS have been based on limited data regarding the proportion of GBS attributable to this pathogen. In this paper, we combine data obtained from Sweden and a large study of infectious intestinal disease with routine and surveillance data from England to estimate the number and proportion of GBS cases attributable to C. jejuni. We estimate that, between 1 April 2000 and 31 March 2001, symptomatic C. jejuni infection was responsible for 157 cases of GBS, constituting approximately 15% of all GBS cases in England.
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