Details:

Alternative Title:
BMC Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Yang, Ji-Rong ; Wu, Ho-Sheng ; Chiang, Chuen-Sheue ; Mu, Jung-Jung
Yang, Ji-Rong ; Wu, Ho-Sheng ; Chiang, Chuen-Sheue ; Mu, Jung-Jung Less -
Description:
Background

There has been a marked increase in the incidence of, and concern regarding, human Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli infections worldwide during the last decade. As the highest infectious disease control apparatus in Taiwan, we aimed to describe the character of Campylobacter isolates from infected children, as well as basic information about the patients, from December 2003 to February 2005.

Methods

A total of 894 fecal specimens were collected by several clinics and hospitals from children who had diarrhea, followed by plating onto selective media. Drug susceptibility test of the isolates from these specimens were conducted by disc diffusion method and their serotypes were also studied using commercial antisera made in Japan.

Results

The isolation rate of Campylobacter during these 15 months was 6.8% and was higher in winter (11.1%) than in other seasons. C. jejuni was the most prevalent (95.1%) species in northern Taiwan, comparable to other developed countries. Among the 61 Campylobacter isolates, most were resistant to tetracycline (93.4%), nalidixic acid (91.8%), ciprofloxacin (90.2%), and ampicillin (85.5%). Erythromycin-resistant isolates represented 3.3% of all isolates, suggesting that this drug may be the first choice for treatment. The serotypes of the 61 isolates were demonstrated and only 41.4% were typable.

Conclusion

In this study, the Taiwan CDC provided an epidemiological analysis of Campylobacter infection, including the isolation rate, age, seasonal distribution, antimicrobial drug susceptibility patterns, and serotypes of the isolates from pediatric patients in northern Taiwan from 2003 to 2005.


Subjects:
[+]
Adolescent Anti-Bacterial Agents Bacterial Typing Techniques Campylobacter Campylobacter Infections Child Child, Preschool Diarrhea Drug Resistance, Bacterial Feces Female Humans Incidence Infant Male Microbial Sensitivity Tests Seasons Serotyping
Source:
BMC Infect Dis. 2008; 8:151.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Taiwan
Collection(s):
CDC Public Access
Main Document Checksum:
[+]
urn:sha256:e29de59da8a151fe0356c55955e93c4bd3e4e4646649ac59a68a65b3cc5ff11e
Download URL:
https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3401/cdc_3401_DS1.pdf
File Type:

Supporting Files

• 	1471-2334-8-151-1.gif	gif
  	1471-2334-8-151-1.jpg	jpeg
  	1471-2334-8-151-2.gif	gif
  	1471-2334-8-151-2.jpg	jpeg
  	1471-2334-8-151.nxml	txt
  	license.txt	txt

More +