Campylobacter jejuni enteritis associated with raw goat's milk. 1987

N V Harris, and T J Kimball, and P Bennett, and Y Johnson, and D Wakely, and C M Nolan

During a three-week period in July 1983, six cases of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis in King County, Washington were associated with a dairy that produced raw goat's milk. Four patients consumed the dairy's milk, and the other two patients comprised an employee of the dairy and her infant son. Two case-control studies confirmed that, at the time the cases occurred, consumption of the dairy's milk was a risk factor for C. jejuni enteritis in King County. C. jejuni was isolated from the intestinal tract of three of the dairy's goats. Two of the three isolates, as well as those from five of the patients (all of those tested), were Lior serotype 36. That serotype was not encountered among 14 other C. jejuni isolates from King County during the period of the outbreak, including three isolates from goats at another inspected dairy. The study shows that raw goat's milk may transmit C. jejuni infection from animals to humans, as other investigators have shown for unpasteurized cow's milk.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D007231 Infant, Newborn An infant during the first 28 days after birth. Neonate,Newborns,Infants, Newborn,Neonates,Newborn,Newborn Infant,Newborn Infants
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D008892 Milk The off-white liquid secreted by the mammary glands of humans and other mammals. It contains proteins, sugar, lipids, vitamins, and minerals. Cow Milk,Cow's Milk,Milk, Cow,Milk, Cow's
D002168 Campylobacter fetus A species of bacteria present in man and many kinds of animals and birds, often causing infertility and/or abortion. Spirillum fetus,Vibrio fetus
D002169 Campylobacter Infections Infections with bacteria of the genus CAMPYLOBACTER. Campylobacter Infection,Campylobacteriosis,Infections, Campylobacter,Campylobacterioses,Infection, Campylobacter
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004196 Disease Outbreaks Sudden increase in the incidence of a disease. The concept includes EPIDEMICS and PANDEMICS. Outbreaks,Infectious Disease Outbreaks,Disease Outbreak,Disease Outbreak, Infectious,Disease Outbreaks, Infectious,Infectious Disease Outbreak,Outbreak, Disease,Outbreak, Infectious Disease,Outbreaks, Disease,Outbreaks, Infectious Disease

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