TY - JOUR AU - Van den Abeele, Anne-Marie AU - Vogelaers, Dirk AU - Van Hende, Johan AU - Houf, Kurt T1 - Prevalence of Arcobacter Species among Humans, Belgium, 2008–2013 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2014 VL - 20 IS - 10 SP - 1746 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We examined fecal samples from 6,774 patients with enteritis in Belgium, 2008–2013. Members of the genus Arcobacter were the fourth most common pathogen group isolated, and the isolation rate was higher than previously reported. Culturing Arcobacter in a microbiology laboratory is feasible and should thus be tested for in cases of diarrheal disease. KW - Bacteria KW - Arcobacter KW - Campylobacteraceae KW - Campylobacteria KW - gastroenteritis KW - diarrhea KW - zoonoses KW - food safety KW - Campylobacter KW - enteritis KW - colitis KW - septicemia KW - aerotolerant KW - Belgium DO - 10.3201/eid2010.140433 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/10/14-0433_article ER - End of Reference