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Seizures Associated With Campylobacter Enteritis FREE

AARON LERNER, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1983;137(4):410. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1983.02140300088032.

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Sir.—The association between seizures and Campylobacter jejuni enteritis has been reported infrequently.^1,2 The age-specific incidence of this observation is important in distinguishing it from simple febrile convulsions, which nearly always appear between 9 and 18 months, and rarely after 5 years of age.³ The authors of the article "Seizures Associated With Campylobacter Enteritis" (Journal 1982;136:1028) concluded that Campylobacter should be looked for in children with seizures and diarrhea, especially "in a patient beyond the usual age range of such seizures." I would like to direct the clinician and microbiologist to the fact that this bacteria should also be sought in children in the age range of febrile convulsion. Havalad et al¹ described nine children having C jejuni enteritis with fever and convulsions. Despite a mean age of 5 years 8 months, the range was 3 years 3 months to 7 years 7 months. Similarly, Wright et

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Havalad S, Chapple MJ, Kahakachchi M, et al: Convulsions associated with Campylobacter enteritis . Br Med J 1980;;280:984-985.

Wright EP, Seager J: Convulsions associated with Campylobacter enteritis . Br Med J 1980;;281:454.

Livingston S: Comprehensive Management of Epilepsy in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence . Springfield, Ill, Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1972;, pp 28-31.

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Havalad S, Chapple MJ, Kahakachchi M, et al: Convulsions associated with Campylobacter enteritis . Br Med J 1980;;280:984-985.

Wright EP, Seager J: Convulsions associated with Campylobacter enteritis . Br Med J 1980;;281:454.

Livingston S: Comprehensive Management of Epilepsy in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence . Springfield, Ill, Charles C Thomas Publisher, 1972;, pp 28-31.

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