title: Clinical aspects of Campylobacter jejuni infections in adults.
abstract: Campylobacter jejuni is an almost ubiquitous, microaerophilic, gram-negative rod. Outbreaks have been associated with drinking raw milk or contaminated water and eating poultry. Campylobacter jejuni accounts for 3.2% to 6.1% of cases of diarrheal illness in the general population of the United States, and infected patients frequently present with abdominal pain and fever. Less frequently, C jejuni is responsible for bacteremia, septic arthritis, septic abortion, and other extraintestinal infections. Reactive arthritis, Reiter's syndrome, the Guillain-Barré syndrome, and pancreatitis may accompany or follow C jejuni enterocolitis. Campylobacter jejuni is an important cause of diarrheal illness and is a more commonly identified stool organism than Salmonella or Shigella species. Recurrent and chronic infection is generally reported in immunocompromised hosts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, LDS Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Peterson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents