title: Acute pancreatitis in association with Campylobacter jejuni-associated diarrhea in a 15-year-old with CFTR mutations: is there a link?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute pancreatitis has occasionally been reported in association with Campylobacter jejuni infection in humans. However, the mechanism linking Campylobacter jejuni infection and pancreatitis is unclear. Acute pancreatitis in association with an infectious illness may be related to underlying genetic mutations. For instance, studies show that mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene increase the susceptibility for acute and chronic pancreatitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a patient with Campylobacter jejuni infection who developed acute pancreatitis in the setting of an underlying cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene mutation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In this patient with an underlying mutation in the CFTR gene, we propose that the interaction between the mutant gene and an environmental factor, Campylobacter jejuni infection, resulted in pancreatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
authors.forename: Leena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kandula
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Whitcomb
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lowe
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator / Q000235:genetics*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: C505032:CFTR protein, human; D019005:Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator