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Campylobacter jejuni

Aka: Campylobacter jejuni
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  1. See Also
    1. Diarrhea
    2. Infectious Diarrhea
  2. Epidemiology
    1. Responsible for 5-14% of worldwide Diarrhea
    2. Very common in Southeast asia
  3. Pathophysiology
    1. Natural Hosts: Wild birds and ducks
    2. Diseases caused by Campylobacter jejuni
      1. Traveler's Diarrhea
      2. Waterborne Illness
  4. Risk Factors
    1. Use of prophylactic antibiotics (Traveler's Diarrhea Prevention)
  5. Labs
    1. Stool Culture
      1. Very difficult to culture
      2. Requires selective growth medium (Campy Blood Agar)
    2. Darkfield microscopy
    3. Phase contrast microscopy
  6. Complications
    1. Guillain-Barre Syndrome
    2. Reactive Arthritis
  7. Symptoms
    1. Onset in 3-5 days
    2. Prodrome
      1. Headache
      2. Myalgias
      3. Fever
      4. Abdominal Pain
    3. Symptoms vary
      1. Mild cases: Asymptomatic excretion
      2. Severe cases: Dysentery
  8. Management
    1. Bactrim (High resistance rate)
    2. Fluoroquinolone (high resistance rate >85%)
    3. Macrolides for 5-7 days
      1. Azithromycin
      2. Erythromycin

Campylobacter jejuni (C0006819)

Definition (NCI) Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Campylobacter jejuni.
Definition (MSH) A species of bacteria that resemble small tightly coiled spirals. Its organisms are known to cause abortion in sheep and fever and enteritis in man and may be associated with enteric diseases of calves, lambs, and other animals.
Concepts Bacterium (T007)
MSH D016123
SnomedCT 66543000
Swedish Campylobacter jejuni
Czech Campylobacter jejuni
Finnish Campylobacter jejuni
Croatian CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI
English CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI, campylobacter jejuni, campylobacter jejuni organism, Campylobacter fetus subsp. jejuni, Vibrio hepaticus, Vibrio jejuni, Campylobacter jejuni (Jones et al. 1931) Veron and Chatelain 1973, Campylobacter fetus ss. jejuni, Campylobacter jejuni (organism), Campylobacter jejuni
Polish Campylobacter jejuni
Spanish Campylobacter fetus, subespecie jejuni, Campylobacter jejuni (organismo), Campylobacter jejuni
French Campylobacter jejuni
German Campylobacter jejuni
Italian Campylobacter jejuni
Russian CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI
Dutch Campylobacter jejuni
Portuguese Campylobacter jejuni
Sources
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)


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