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Campylobacter Flashcards

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How to classify?

A

Gram negative short spirals/spirilla with external flagellae

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What does it need to grow in?

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Special atmosphere with CO2
Microaerophilic

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How is Campylobacter jejuni transmitted?

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Faecal-oral

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What is the source of Campylobacter jejuni?

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Poultry, other animals

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What does Campylobacter jejuni cause?

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Abdominal pain, diarrhoea (bloody stool worse than Salmonella), fever

impt cause of acute gastroenteritis

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What are the post infectious complications of Campylobacter jejuni?

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Reactive arthritis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, molecular mimicry

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How to diagnose?

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Stool culture using selective media

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What is the treatment?

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  • Usually self-limiting
  • Oral rehydration solution for diarrhoea
  • Erythromycin/ciprofloxacin for severe disease
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