Original scientific paper

Epidemiologic characteristics of campylobacteriosis in hospitalized patients

M. Balen Topić
A. Beus
B. Desnica
N. Vicković
V. Šimić
D. Šimić

Abstract

Among 1632 patients with campylobacteriosis hospitalized in the period from 1994–2002, we did not record an increase in the ratio of campylobacteriosis compared to all other causative agents of diarrhoeal diseases (p=0.333), nor in comparison to salmonelloses (p=0.751), but a significant increase in the number of C. jejuni (71.7%) compared to C. coli infections (28.3 %) was noticed (p<0.001). The majority of patients belonged to age group of three years and younger (38.5 %), and to 18 –29 years group (9.9 %), respectively. Males predominated in all age groups, except in the oldest one (≥60 years) (p<0.001). Significantly highest number of patients was hospitalized during warm months of the year; 14.3% patients with C. jejuni infection during June, and 11.5 % of patients with C. coli infection in both June and August (p<0.001). In the groups of rural and urban population, the difference in the ratio between C. jejuni and C. coli infections was not recorded (p=0.289). The disease appeared in 83.9% of patients sporadically, and in 13.1% after travelling. Community setting was a significant factor in epidemic pattern of the disease (p<0.001).

Keywords

Campylobacteriosis; epidemiological characteristics; hospitalized patients

Hrčak ID:

12634

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/12634

Publication date:

23.3.2007.

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