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Intestinal spirochaetes in a Gulf Arab population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

S. P. Barrett
S. P. Barrett
Affiliation:
Microbiology Department, Southend Hospital, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex SS0 0RY
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Spirochaetal bacteria were isolated from the faeces of 11·4% of 1000 hospital patients and 26·7% of 292 healthy local nationals in the Muscat area of the Sultanate of Oman. A case-control study of patient records showed the isolation of the spirochaete to be associated with Omani nationality, age in excess of 2 years and attendance at self-referral health-care facilities. No association was found with symptomatic intestinal disease or microscopic abnormalities of the stool.

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Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 104 , Issue 2 , April 1990 , pp. 261 - 266
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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