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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
Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in children from communities in Northeastern Brazil: molecular detection
Josiane da Silva Quetz1, Ila Fernanda Nunes Lima, Alexandre Havt
1Institute of Biomedicine for Brazilian Semi-Arid and Clinical Research Unit/Center for Global Health, Federal University of Ceara, Fortaleza, Brazil. jquetz@gmail.com
Abstract:
This study determined the prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni/coli and its relation with nutritional status in children from Northeastern Brazil. This was a case-control study design. Stool samples were evaluated for hipO (C. jejuni), ask (C. coli), and cdtABC (C. jejuni's cytolethal distending toxin) genes. The nutritional status from these children was assessed by anthropometric measures and z-scores. C. jejuni and C. coli were detected in 9.6% (8/83) and 6.0% (5/83) in the diarrhea group and in 7.2% (6/83) and 1.2% (1/83) of the nondiarrhea group, respectively. Children with positive molecular detection of C. jejuni showed significantly lower z-scores than children without C. jejuni. The cdtABC operon was found in 57% of hipO(+) samples. C. jejuni/coli prevalence was similar in diarrhea and nondiarrhea groups. There was a significant association of C. jejuni infection with lower nutritional status.
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