Risk factors for campylobacteriosis in Australia: outcomes of a 2018-2019 case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We aimed to identify risk factors for sporadic campylobacteriosis in Australia, and to compare these for Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli infections.

Methods

In a multi-jurisdictional case-control study, we recruited culture-confirmed cases of campylobacteriosis reported to state and territory health departments from February 2018 through October 2019. We recruited controls from notified influenza cases in the previous 12 months that were frequency matched to cases by age group, sex, and location. Campylobacter isolates were confirmed to species level by public health laboratories using molecular methods. We conducted backward stepwise multivariable logistic regression to identify significant risk factors.

Results

We recruited 571 cases of campyl

SUBMITTER: Cribb DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9245254 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature