A WEB-SURFER'S GUIDE TO BACTERIA ASSOCIATED WITH INFECTIONS IN HUMANS
Species associated with infection - A. butzleri, A. cryaerophilus
Reported infections - enteric infection (diarrhoea and abdominal cramps)
Reported susceptibilities and treatments - infections reported to be self-limiting
Taxonomic note - previously classified as Campylobacter
References - Vandamme et al. (1992). Outbreak of recurrent abdominal cramps associated with Arcobacter butzleri in an Italian school. J. clin. Microbiol. 30, 2335-2337. - Tee et al. (1988). Campylobacter cryaerophila isolated from a human. J. clin. Microbiol. 26, 2469-2473. - Vandamme et al. (1991). Revision of Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Wolinella taxonomy: emendation of generic descriptions and proposal of Arcobacter gen. nov. Int. J. syst. Bacteriol. 41, 88-103.
