Summary
Definition
History and exam
Other diagnostic factors
- prodrome of headache, myalgias, chills, fever
- vomiting
Risk factors
- HIV infection
- exposure to poultry, cattle, sheep, or other farm animals
- eating raw or undercooked meat (especially chicken)
- recent foreign travel
- recent travel to developing countries
- drinking well or surface water
- drinking unpasteurised milk
- male sex
- age <1 year
- close contact with infected person
- use of proton pump inhibitors or H2 antagonists, especially in older patients
Diagnostic investigations
1st investigations to order
- stool microscopy
- stool culture
- white blood cell count
Investigations to consider
- serum Campylobacter serology
- intestinal biopsy
- faecal microscopy
- stool Gram stain
Treatment algorithm
Contributors
Authors
Professor of Medicine
Rosalind Franklin University Medical School
North Chicago
Illinois Adjunct
Professor of Pediatric Gastroenterology
University of Miami
Miller Medical School
Miami
Florida
Associate Director for Research
Internal Medicine Residency Advocate
Lutheran General Hospital
Park Ridge
Illinois
Disclosures
EDE declares that he is a consultant for Pediatric Pharmaceuticals. .
Dr Eli D. Ehrenpreis would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Gregory Juckett, Dr Kristin Furfari and Professor Sarah O'Brien, the previous contributors to this topic. GJ declares that he has no competing interests. KF declares that she has no competing interests. SOB is the author of some of the references cited in this topic.
Peer reviewers
Assistant Professor
Section of Digestive Diseases
Department of Medicine
West Virginia University
Morgantown
WV
Disclosures
JTK declares that he has no competing interests.
Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences
London
UK
Disclosures
SMJ declares that he has no competing interests.
Senior Associate
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
MD
Disclosures
MB declares that he has no competing interests.
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