Arcobacter Species in Humans

Abstract

During an 8-year study period, Arcobacter butzleri was the fourth most common Campylobacter-like organism isolated from 67,599 stool specimens. Our observations suggest that A. butzleri displays microbiologic and clinical features similar to those of Camplobacter jejuni; however, A. butzleri is more frequently associated with a persistent, watery diarrhea.

Keywords

• Arcobacter
• Campylobacter
• diarrhea
• case-control
• clinical
• dispatch