Phenotypic diversity of Campylobacter isolates from sporadic cases of acute human gastroenteritis in Northern Ireland.

摘要

Thermophilic campylobacters, particularly Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli and C. lari, remain the most common cause of acute bacterial enteritis in Northern Ireland (Fig. 1). Most recent confirmed data for 2006 recorded 937 laboratory reports for Northern Ireland, approximating to 53.8 cases per 100,000 individuals, compared to an attack rate of 86.7 and 42.8 cases per 100,000 individuals for England and Wales and the Republic of Ireland, respectively. However, in a previous epidemiological study, it was estimated that the true prevalence of this infection was approximately 10.3-fold higher, due to patient under-reporting.