Abstract
Molecular methods applied to 2,855 strains of Campylobacter-like organisms received from a surveillance network of Campylobacter infections in France identified 29 Arcobacter butzleri infections. This species ranks fourth for Campylobacteraceae isolation and appears to have the same pathogenic potential as the other species in the genus.
Highlights
Molecular methods applied to 2,855 strains of Campylobacter-like organisms received from a surveillance network of Campylobacter infections in France identified 29 Arcobacter butzleri infections
Molecular methods permitted the identification of 29 A. butzleri, i.e., 1% of the strains studied and 1% of the 2,678 isolates from stools, which makes this species the fourth most frequently isolated Campylobacteraceae in human clinical samples in France, before C. lari and C. upsaliensis but after C. jejuni, C. coli, and C. fetus
A study conducted in Denmark by Engberg et al [14], to estimate the prevalence of Arcobacter butzleri: Underestimated Enteropathogen
Summary
Molecular methods applied to 2,855 strains of Campylobacter-like organisms received from a surveillance network of Campylobacter infections in France identified 29 Arcobacter butzleri infections. This species ranks fourth for Campylobacteraceae isolation and appears to have the same pathogenic potential as the other species in the genus. The prevalence of this bacterium in animals and food specimens is well documented, including the first publication by Kiehlbauch et al that implied this newly described species could be an important human pathogen, only a few reports of human infections are found, and most of them were published before 1995. The results showed that this bacterium ranks fourth among these organisms
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