By 1977 it was clear that the thermophilic campylobacters were a major cause of acute bacterial enteritis. In response to that observation an international workshop was convened in Reading, England, and attracted over 130 participants. Many of these individuals resolutely returned for the eighth in the series of biennial international workshops, this time held in Win- chester, England, in July 1995. All were surprised at the continued, and even expanding, re- search effort in this narrow microbiological field. Such a lasting interest is undoubtedly a reflection of a consistent rise in the...
By 1977 it was clear that the thermophilic campylobacters were a major cause of acute bacterial enteritis. In response to that observation an internat...