title: Enteric campylobacter: purging its secrets?
abstract: Campylobacterial infections are the most common cause of bacterial enterocolitis in humans. Among children, especially in developing countries, Campylobacter infections can cause severe life-threatening diarrheal disease. Although usually associated with a benign outcome in the developed world, the burden of illness posed by Campylobacter infections is enormous, and serious neurologic sequelae also can occur. For a variety of reasons our understanding of the molecular and cellular pathogenesis of Campylobacter infection has lagged far behind that of other enteric pathogens. However, recent completion of the genome sequence of Campylobacter jejuni promises to open up the Campylobacter research field with the prospect of developing novel therapeutic and preventive strategies.
authors: FRCPI, Children's Research Centre, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin 12, Ireland. billy.bourke@ucd.ie
authors: Ellen
authors: E
authors: Crushell
authors: Sinead
authors: S
authors: Harty
authors: Farhana
authors: F
authors: Sharif
authors: Billy
authors: B
authors: Bourke
mesh_terms: D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D004751:Enteritis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans