Campylobacter fetus ss. jejuni: a cause of massive lower gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
A patient is described with Campylobacter enteritis complicated by massive lower gastrointestinal bleeding from multiple mucosal ulcers in the terminal ileum and at the ileocecal valve. Repeated stool cultures and antibiotic therapy may be indicated in certain patients to diminish the morbidity arising from what may seem to be mild disease. In patients who suffer bleeding complications, arteriography before surgery is necessary to demonstrate an otherwise grossly indefinable source of bleeding.
D000328:Adult; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004751:Enteritis / Q000209:etiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006471:Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D014456:Ulcer / Q000209:etiology