Campylobacteriosis | |
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Other names | Campylobacter food poisoning, campylobacter enteritis[1] |
Specialty | Infectious disease |
Symptoms | Diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever |
Complications | Toxic megacolon, dehydration, sepsis, Guillain–Barré syndrome |
Duration | 2–10 days |
Causes | Campylobacter jejuni |
Treatment | Supportive care, antibiotics (select cases) |
Prognosis | Usually self-limited |
Deaths | Infrequent |
Campylobacteriosis is among the most common infections caused by a bacterium in humans, often as a foodborne illness. It is caused by the Campylobacter bacterium,[2] most commonly C. jejuni. It produces an inflammatory, sometimes bloody, diarrhea or dysentery syndrome, and usually cramps, fever and pain.