Risk factors for sporadic Campylobacter infection in the United States: A case-control study in FoodNet sites.

By C. Friedman, R. Hoekstra, M. Samuel, R. Marcus, J. Bender, B. Shiferaw, S. Reddy, S. Ahuja, D. Helfrick, Felicia P. Hardnett and 3 more. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2004

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Campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis in the United States. We conducted a population-based case-control study to determine risk factors for sporadic Campylobacter infection. During a 12-month study, we enrolled 1316 patients with culture-confirmed Campylobacter infections from 7 states, collecting demographic, clinical, and exposure data using a standardized questionnaire. We interviewed 1 matched control subject for each case patient. Thirteen percent of patients had traveled abroad. In multivariate analysis of persons who had not traveled, the largest population attributable fraction (PAF) of 24% was related to consumption of chicken prepared at a restaurant. The PAF for consumption of nonpoultry meat that was prepared at a restaurant was also large (21%); smaller proportions of illness were associated with other food and nonfood exposures. Efforts to reduce contamination of poultry with Campylobacter should benefit public health. Restaurants should improve food-handling practices, ensure adequate cooking of meat and poultry, and consider purchasing poultry that has been treated to reduce Campylobacter contamination.

Subfields: Food Science, Infectious Diseases

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Campylobacters as zoonotic pathogens: a food production perspective. (2007, background): “, 1994); • raw or undercooked chicken (Hopkins et al., 1984; Harris et al., 1986a; Neimann et al., 2003; Friedman et al., 2004; Michaud et al., 2004); • cooked chicken (Harris et al.”
Foodborne Illness Acquired in the United States—Major Pathogens (2011, neutral): “Proportion foodborne 80% based on a FoodNet case-control study of sporadic Campylobacter illnesses (12).”