Clinical study
Campylobacter fetus infection in human subjects: Association with raw milk

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Abstract

Within a three week period, four cases of Campylobacter fetus infection were identified in a hospital in Los Angeles County. Three of the four patients had drunk large quantities of an identical brand of commercially available certified raw milk. Campylobacter fetus subspecies jejuni was isolated from the blood of these three patients. The fourth patient, who did not drink raw milk, had Campylobacter fetus subspecies intestinalis isolated from his blood. A telephone survey comparing cases and controls for possible risk factors associated with Campylobacter fetus infection confirmed the association with raw milk (P = 0.003). In a serologic survey, evidence suggested that Campylobacter fetus infection was associated with raw milk consumption.

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    Present address: New York State Department of Health, Division of Epidemiology, Room 504, ESP Tower Building, Albany, New York 12211.

    1

    From the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, Los Angeles, California.

    2

    From the Field Services Division, Bureau of Epidemiology, Center for Disease Control, Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Atlanta, Georgia.

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    From the Department of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Panorama City, California.

    4

    From the National Animal Disease Laboratory, Veterinary Sciences Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, Ames, Iowa.

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