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Detection and Isolation of Campylobacter spp. from Raw Meat
Published on: February 23, 2024
[Risk factors for sporadic cases of Campylobacter infection in children]
Marta Fajó-Pascual1, Pere Godoy García, Jesús Aramburu Arnuelos
1Departamento de Microbiología, Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública, Universidad de Zaragoza, Huesca, España. mfajo@unizar.es
Objectives:
To identify risk factors for sporadic cases of Campylobacter infection in children aged 14 years.
Methods:
We performed an age-matched, case-control study. Cases were residents of Lleida Health Region aged 6 months to 14 years old with diarrhea and positive stool isolation for Campylobacter. Information was gathered by telephone using a structured questionnaire on individual susceptibility and food and non-food exposures. A multivariate conditional logistic regression model was used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (ORa) and their 95% confidence intervals (95%CI).
Results:
Forty-five cases and 45 controls were included in the analysis. The median age of cases was 1.6 years. Factors independently associated with disease were consumption of cooked deli meat 2 times (ORa:4.2, 95%CI:1.2-14.7), chicken 3 times (ORa:3.6, 95%CI:1.1-11.1) in the week before symptom onset, and previous antibiotic intake (ORa:4.7, 95%CI:1.1-19.6).
Conclusions:
Chicken meat was a risk factor for sporadic cases of campylobacteriosis in children, whether through consumption or through cross-contamination with other <
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