Campylobacter jejuni - Revision history

Aidan at 15:52, 10 January 2021

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-== Background ==
+==Background==
-=== Microbiology ===
+===Microbiology===
 {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Campylobacter jejuni''}}

2020-10-09T08:08:58Z

Text replacement - "[[Cellular shape::" to "[[Shape::"

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	=== Microbiology ===		=== Microbiology ===
	* Curved [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[~~Cellular shape~~::bacillus]]		* Curved [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Shape::bacillus]]
	* Grows best at 42ºC (body temperature of birds)		* Grows best at 42ºC (body temperature of birds)
	* Exhibits darting motility		* Exhibits darting motility

2020-07-20T12:47:55Z

Text replacement - "Clinical Presentation" to "Clinical Manifestations"

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	* Major host is birds, including poultry		* Major host is birds, including poultry

	== Clinical ~~Presentation~~ ==		== Clinical Manifestations ==
	* Causes infectious diarrhea, including [[Causes::dysentery]]		* Causes infectious diarrhea, including [[Causes::dysentery]]

2020-07-07T00:29:37Z

Text replacement - "[[Has shape::" to "[[Cellular shape::"

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	=== Microbiology ===		=== Microbiology ===
	* Curved [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[~~Has~~ shape::bacillus]]		* Curved [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Cellular shape::bacillus]]
	* Grows best at 42ºC (body temperature of birds)		* Grows best at 42ºC (body temperature of birds)
	* Exhibits darting motility		* Exhibits darting motility

2020-07-05T20:43:39Z

Text replacement - "[[Has Gram stain::" to "[[Stain::"

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	== Background ==		== Background ==
	=== Microbiology ===		=== Microbiology ===
	* Curved [[~~Has Gram stain~~::Gram-negative]] [[Has shape::bacillus]]		* Curved [[Stain::Gram-negative]] [[Has shape::bacillus]]
	* Grows best at 42ºC (body temperature of birds)		* Grows best at 42ºC (body temperature of birds)
	* Exhibits darting motility		* Exhibits darting motility

2019-11-28T13:50:04Z

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	** [[Is treated by::Azithromycin]] 500 mg PO daily for 3 days is useful where there are higher rates of resistance (especially South and Southeast Asia)		** [[Is treated by::Azithromycin]] 500 mg PO daily for 3 days is useful where there are higher rates of resistance (especially South and Southeast Asia)
	** An alternative is [[Is treated by::rifaximin]] 200 mg PO tid for 3 days, but should be avoided in patients who have [[dysentery]] or [[fever]]		** An alternative is [[Is treated by::rifaximin]] 200 mg PO tid for 3 days, but should be avoided in patients who have [[dysentery]] or [[fever]]

			== Prognosis ==
			* Usually a self-limited illness whose duration is shortened by antibiotics
			* Can subsequently develop [[Causes::post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome]]
			* Most common cause of [[Causes::Guillain-Barré syndrome]]

	{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Campylobacter jejuni''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Campylobacter jejuni''}}

2019-11-28T13:47:05Z

Management

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	== Management ==		== Management ==
	* Supportive care for the diarrhea		* Supportive care for the diarrhea
	* Antibiotic choice depends on where it was acquired		* Antibiotic choice depends on where the infection was acquired
	** [[Is treated by::Ciprofloxacin]] is useful where there are relatively low rates of resistance (North American and Europe)		** [[Is treated by::Ciprofloxacin]] 500 mg PO bid for 3 days is useful where there are relatively low rates of resistance (North American and Europe)
			*** Or other fluoroquinolone for 3 days
	** [[Is treated by::Azithromycin]] 500 mg PO daily for 3 days is useful where there are higher rates of resistance (especially South and Southeast Asia)		** [[Is treated by::Azithromycin]] 500 mg PO daily for 3 days is useful where there are higher rates of resistance (especially South and Southeast Asia)
			** An alternative is [[Is treated by::rifaximin]] 200 mg PO tid for 3 days, but should be avoided in patients who have [[dysentery]] or [[fever]]

	{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Campylobacter jejuni''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Campylobacter jejuni''}}

2019-11-28T13:44:17Z

added headers and mgmt

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 * Curved [[Has Gram stain::Gram-negative]] [[Has shape::bacillus]]
 * Grows best at 42ºC (body temperature of birds)
 * Exhibits darting motility
 {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Campylobacter jejuni''}}

2019-11-28T13:34:31Z

another typo

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	* Curved [[Has Gram stain::Gram-negative]] [[Has shape::bacillus]]		* Curved [[Has Gram stain::Gram-negative]] [[Has shape::bacillus]]
	* Grows best at 42ºC (body temperature of birds)		* Grows best at 42ºC (body temperature of birds)
	* ~~Exhibts~~ darting motility		* Exhibits darting motility
	* Major host is birds		* Major host is birds
	* Cause of infectious diarrhea, including [[dysentery]]		* Cause of infectious diarrhea, including [[dysentery]]

2019-11-28T13:34:04Z

typo

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	{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Campylobacter jejuni''}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Campylobacter jejuni''}}
	[[Category:		[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]