Signs and symptoms of the disease include diarrhea, fever, cramps, dysentery, vomiting, bacteremia, meningitis, hepatitis, and cholecystitis, pancreatitis. Other possible complications include autoimmune disorder Guillain-Barré syndrome, neurological diseases, and HUS.

Campylobacter jejuni Gastroenteritis: Signs and Symptoms

Strains of the bacteria produce hemolysin and have a DNase, Campylobacter cytolethal distending toxin (CDT), that damages host DNA.

Campylobacter jejuni Gastroenteritis: Virulence Factors

The disease is associated with contaminated water, unpasteurized milk, and contaminated poultry that comes into contact with surfaces. 

Campylobacter jejuni Gastroenteritis: Transmission

Campylobacter bacteria is gram-negative and spiral or curve shaped and may have one or two flagella. 

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Gastroenteritis caused by Camplyobacter jejuni bacteria

Campylobacter jejuni Gastroenteritis

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