Severe campylobacter infection in children.
Children suffering from Campylobacter jejuni infection and who were admitted to children's hospitals in Bristol and Newcastle over a period of 2 years are reviewed. Gastro-intestinal disease caused by C. jejuni was as common as that due to Salmonella spp. Three neonates suffered particularly severe infections which resembled necrotising enterocolitis. One such case is described.
D000293:Adolescent; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004739:England; D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male