title: Fatal Campylobacter jejuni ileocolitis.
abstract: Campylobacter infection usually starts in the jejunum and ileum and progresses distally. The case fatality rate is low and most occur in elderly or patients with comorbidity as in this case. Antibiotics should be used in severe cases or patients at risk. The choices are macrolides and fluoroquinolones. However, in some countries quinolone resistance is increasing, as in Spain. We shouldn´t forget this fact for the proper treatment approach and specifically in refractory cases.
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Univ. Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Magaz Martínez
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Univ. Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Aurelio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garrido Botella
authors.affiliation: Ap. Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, España.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pons Renedo
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Univ. Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Borja
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oliva Del Río
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Univ. Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Bélen
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Agudo Castillo
authors.affiliation: Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Univ. Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda. Madrid, ESPAÑA.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ibarrola Arévalo
authors.affiliation: Ap. Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, España.
authors.forename: Luis Esteban
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Abreu García
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000187:drug effects; D003092:Colitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000150:complications; D024881:Drug Resistance, Bacterial; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007079:Ileitis / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male