Diabetes mellitus, anti-secretory drugs and other risk factors for Campylobacter gastro-enteritis in adults: a case-control study
Diabetes mellitus, anti-secretory drugs and other risk factors for Campylobacter gastro-enteritis in adults: a case-control study
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DOI:
10.1017/s0950268897008224
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发表时间:
1997-12-01
影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
Slack, RCB
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作者:
Neal, KR;Slack, RCB
The epidemiology of notified cases of campylobacter gastroenteritis in adults in Nottingham Health District was investigated using a case-control study with a postal questionnaire to ascertain data on risk factors. Over a 14-month period 531 cases (a 73% response rate of all laboratory confirmed cases) and 512 controls replied.Conditional logistic regression analysis was used to determine independent associations with infection. These included foreign travel (odds ratio (OR) 3.4; 95% confidence intervals (CT) 2.0-5.7), diabetes mellitus (OR 4.1, CI 1.1-17), medication with omeprazole (OR 3.5, CI 1.1-12) and H-2 and H-2 antagonists (OR 3.7, CI 1.3-15), contact with puppies (OR 11.3, CI 1.2-105), eating chicken (OR 1.4, CI 1.1-1.8) and drinking milk from bottles with tops damaged by a bird (OR 3.3, CI 1.0-11). Preparing main meals (OR 0.9, CI 0.8-1.0) and drinking delivered milk (OR 0.6, CI 0.4-0.9) were associated with a reduced risk of campylobacter infection.Foreign travel was reported in 25% of cases and another 15% had significant associations with other risk factors. The majority of cases, 60%, remained unexplained, indicating the need for further evolution of sporadic cases.