摘要：An outbreak of Campylobacter enteritis among staff on a resort island in north Queensland is reported. Untreatedrainwater and food from the staff dining room were initially suspected as possible sources of infection butCampylobacter species were not isolated from any environmental samples. Faecal contamination was detected infour rainwater tanks. A case control study involved a total of 23 cases (7 confirmed and 16 probabl e), 3 of whomrequired hospitalisation. There was a strong association between gastrointestinal illness and consumption of waterfrom a dispenser in the staff restaurant that had probably been filled from one of the contaminated tanks. Weconclude that this was probably a waterborne outbreak and postulate that Campylobacter species were introducedinto one or more of the tanks by contamination with the faeces of wild animals
