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Campylobacter enteritis |
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Campylobacter enteritis, intestinal infection of humans or other mammals by a species of Campylobacter, characterized by diarrhea that may be bloody, abdominal pain with cramps and fever. The cause is usually ingestion of contaminated food or water. Also called enteric campylobacteriosis. campylobacter enteritis Infectious disease A water-borne gastroenteritis caused by C jejuni, a cause of travelers' diarrhea Epidemiology Linked to ingestion of contaminated eggs, poultry, water; 2-4 day incubation period Clinical
Abdominal pain, ± bloody, watery diarrhea, fever. See Campylobacter jejuni. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Campylobacter Enteritis and the Guillain-Barre Syndrome. The dioxin crisis as experiment to determine poultry-related campylobacter enteritis. Campylobacter enteritis at a university: Transmission from eating chicken and from cats. |
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