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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.
Serious systemic illness caused by campylobacter infection rarely occurs, but can lead to sepsis and death. The case-fatality rate for campylobacter infection is 0.05 per 1000 infections. For instance, one major possible complication that C. jejuni can cause is Guillain–Barré syndrome, which induces neuromuscular paralysis in a sizeable ...
[citation needed] Campylobacter has, on rare occasions, been suggested to cause hemolytic uremic syndrome [32] and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, [33] though no unequivocal case reports exist. Campylobacter infection is the most common trigger of Guillain–Barré syndrome. [34] Gastrointestinal perforation is a rare complication of ileal ...
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Campylobacter coli is a Gram-negative, microaerophilic, non-endospore-forming, S-shaped bacterial species within genus Campylobacter. [1] In humans, C. coli can cause campylobacteriosis, a diarrhoeal disease which is the most frequently reported foodborne illness in the European Union. [2]
Scanning electron micrograph of a Campylobacter species showing the characteristic curved/spiral appearance, and a single polar flagellum. Campylobacter upsaliensis shares the characteristic appearance of other Campylobacter species: it is a curved to spiral, gram-negative rod that displays darting motility.
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