Abstract
Campylobacter organisms were isolated from 21.5% of human patients with sporadic diarrhea in a city. Most of then belonged to Campylobactejre juni. In the same city this species was isolated from cattle (11.5%), broiler chickens (45.0%), laying hens (18.6%), dogs (3.9%), and cats (9.7%). All the strains isolated from swine were classified into C. coli. C. jejuni was isolated from animals and diarrheal persons all the year round, although it tended to be detected more frequently in such persons and broiler chickens in spring and summer than in any other season.
Some serovars of C. jejuni isolated fromcattle, chickens, dogs, and cats were fodnd among the strains of human origin. Broiler chickens carried C. jejuni at a high rate and resembled the human. patients in the serotype pattern and the condition of seasonal isolation. Therefore, they were considered as a very important source of infection for human beings.
