Campylobacter

A review of Campylobacter.

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Campylobacter

Adapted from Irving Nachamkin and Patricia Guerry in Foodborne Pathogens: Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Campylobacter: Campylobacter spp., primarily Campylobacter jejuni subsp. jejuni is one of the major causes of bacterial gastroenteritis in the U.S. and worldwide. Campylobacter infection is primarily a foodborne illness, usually without complications; however, serious sequelae such as Guillain-Barre Syndrome occur in a small subset of infected patients. Detection of Campylobacter jejuni in clinical samples is readily accomplished by culture and non-culture methods, although improvements in diagnostic approaches are needed. A significant body of knowledge exists on the epidemiology of Campylobacter infections; however, much less is known about the mechanism of disease, despite over 2 decades of research.

Campylobacter Resources

Foodborne Pathogens: Microbiology and Molecular Biology
Bacillus cereus
Emerging foodborne pathogens
Clostridium
Shigella
Salmonella
Listeria monocytogenes
Campylobacter
Staphylococcus aureus
Vibrio spp.
Yersinia enterocolitica
Foodborne pathogens
Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Molecular Biology Resource

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