The Journal of the Korean Society for Microbiology (대한미생물학회지)

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Isolation Rate of Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni from Enteritis Patients

장염환자에서의 Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni 분리율

  • Chong, Yun-Sop (Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Yi, Kui-Nyung (Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
  • Lee, Sam-Uel Y. (Department of Clinical Pathology, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
  • 정윤섭 (연세대학교 의과대학 임상병리과) ;
  • 이귀녕 (연세대학교 의과대학 임상병리과) ;
  • 이삼열 (연세대학교 의과대학 임상병리과)
  • Published : 1982.12.31
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Abstract

C. fetus suhsp. jejuni has been reported to be an important enteric pathogen in many parts of the world. Although the infection has been reported in Korea, the incidence is not known. In this study the results of stool culture during the period of August 1981 to July 1982 at Yonsei Medical Center was analyzed and the following results were obtained. 1. C. fetus subsp. jejuni was isolated from 0.8% of stool specimens. The isolation rate was lower than that of salmonella(3.3%) and shigella(7.1%). The isolation was most frequent in June and from $\leq$15-year-old patients. 2. All of the isolates from the patients were susceptible to chloramphenicol and erythromycin. It was noteworthy that 4 isolates were resistant to all of the aminoglycosides, i.e., amikacin, gen tamicin, kanamycin and tobramycin. 3. We also isolated C. fetus subsp. jejuni from chicken. When the susceptibility of the isolates was compared to that of the isolates from human the former were less susceptible to erythromycin(34.1%) and tetracycline(38.6%).

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