[Outbreak of campylobacteriosis among soccer players].
BACKGROUND
Last year Rosenborg Ballklub won the Norwegian Premier League Championship in a nerve-racking match against Lillestrøm Sportsklubb. Lillestrøm ended the season in 2nd place. The results may possibly have been caused by the cancellation of a match scheduled between Lillestrøm and Odd Grenland.


METHODS
This article describes the problem and consequences that can occur when 14 players on a Premier League team contract diarrhoea and present with vomiting either before or during a football match.


RESULTS
With Campylobacter infection jejuni amply documented, the Norwegian Football Union found it necessary to cancel the match between the two Premier League teams, a decision that led to heated discussion in the media. A common opinion was that an intestinal infection, even one that affected so many players, was insufficient reason to cancel a match.


CONCLUSIONS
It is always difficult to foresee the consequences of continued physical activity by those infected with intestinal bacteria. It is difficult to know at what point the footballer's health may be a risk either during or after infection.
Stamnes
Ola
O
Sykehuset Telemark 3710 Skien. ola.stamnes@tss.telemax.no
Grude
Nils
N
D000328:Adult; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D012916:Soccer; D014839:Vomiting / Q000382:microbiology