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Stuart Levin, MD; Larry Goodman, MD

JAMA. 1985;253(9):1303.

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In the 1960s, fewer than 25% of persons with acute diarrhea had a pathogen identified by stool examination. Today, as many as 65% to 85% of patients have a causative agent identified.¹ In addition to better culturing techniques, new organisms have been discovered. Among these, Campylobacter jejuni is the most important. Finch and Riley² estimated that more than 16,000 people acquired Campylobacter infections in the United States in 1982. Diarrhea caused by Campylobacter was as common as Salmonella and more common than Shigella. These results are even more striking because many laboratories did not culture for the organism or report it. For comparison, C jejuni infections in the United States in 1982 are estimated to have occurred at a rate roughly equal to that of hepatitis B, ten times that of influenza, and 30 times that of legionnaires' disease.³

The nomenclature for Campylobacter organisms has changed recently . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Rush-Presbyterian-St Luke's Medical Center Chicago

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