Campylobacter infections

Question 1

Campylobacter jejuni. type of bacteria ?

Answer 1

Gram-negative bacillus

Question 2

spread of Campylobacter jejuni?

Answer 2

faecal-oral route

Question 3

clinical features of campylobacter ?

Answer 3

prodrome: headache malaise

diarrhoea: often bloody

abdominal pain: may mimic appendicitis

Question 4

Management of Campylobacter jejuni.

Answer 4

often self-limiting

treatment if severe or the patient is immunocompromised

Question 5

wha are the severe symptoms needed to starts abs ?

Answer 5

high fever,
bloody diarrhoea, or
more than eight stools per day
or symptoms have last more than one week

Question 6

first line abx for Campylobacter

Answer 6

clarithromycin

Question 7

complication of Campylobacter jejuni infections

Answer 7

Guillain-Barre syndrome
reactive arthritis
septicaemia,
endocarditis,
arthritis