Bichile, L SSaraswati, KPopat, U RNanivadekar, S ADeodhar, L P1992-03-012009-05-301992-03-012009-05-301992-03-01Bichile LS, Saraswati K, Popat UR, Nanivadekar SA, Deodhar LP. Acute Campylobacter jejuni enteritis in 385 hospitalised patients. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 1992 Mar; 40(3): 164-6http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/85097Twenty healthy controls and 385 adult patients suffering from acute enteritis or gastroenteritis were enrolled for the study of Campylobacter Jejuni infection over a period of 2 years. Thirty five stool samples showed C jejuni on stool culture. The isolation rates were at peak in the monsoon season and from watery and bloody stool specimens. Pure C jejuni culture was obtained in 18 of 35 samples; the other 17 samples showed polymicrobial infection or infestation. Nine of 35 patients were treated with erythromycin 1 g in divided doses for 7 days. Repeat stool cultures did not grow C jejuni. There was no resistance to erythromycin therapy. C jejuni are fastidious organisms and require special medium and microaerophilic environment for culture.engAdolescentAdultCampylobacter Infections --drug therapyCampylobacter jejuni --isolation & purificationDiarrhea --microbiologyEnteritis --epidemiologyErythromycin --therapeutic useFemaleGastroenteritis --epidemiologyHumansIndia --epidemiologyMaleJournal Article