Campylobacter enteritis

Campylobacter enteritis is a gastrointestinal disease caused by Campylobacter infection. Campylobacter has endotoxins that can invade the small and large intestinal mucosa and cause acute enteritis. It can also cause an outbreak of diarrhea or collective food poisoning. The incubation period is generally 3 to 5 days. The disease-causing parts for humans are the jejunum, ileum, and colon. The main symptoms are diarrhea and abdominal pain, sometimes fever, occasional vomiting and dehydration. Campylobacter was isolated from diarrhea patients' feces in 1973, but it has been recognized as one of the main pathogens of human diarrhea. Campylobacter jejuni enteritis outbreaks bacterial dysentery in developed countries and almost the same as bacterial dysentery in developing countries.

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