Campylobacter diarrhea in children in Trivandrum

One hundred and fifty two stool samples from patients belonging to the pediatric age group clinically diagnosed as acute diarrhea/dysentery were processed for thermophilic campylobacters.C. jejuni was isolated from 9 samples (5.9%). Five of the C.jejuni isolates were from children who presented with bloody diarrhea and 4 were from those who had watery diarrhoea. Though the pathogenic role of C.jejuni in these cases is not proved, this study indicates the prevalence of the organism in Trivandrum district.