Campylobacteriosis

Campylobacteriosis
Other names	Campylobacter food poisoning – campylobacter enteritis[1]
Specialty	Infectious disease
Symptoms	Diarrhea, abdominal pain, fever
Complications	toxic megacolon, dehydration, sepsis, Guillain–Barré syndrome
Causes	Campylobacter jejuni
Treatment	Supportive care, Antibiotics (select cases)
Prognosis	Usually self-limited
Deaths	Infrequent

Campylobacteriosis is among the most common infections caused by a bacterium in humans, often as a foodborne illness. It is caused by the Campylobacter bacterium,^[2] most commonly C. jejuni. It produces an inflammatory, sometimes bloody, diarrhea or dysentery syndrome, and usually cramps, fever and pain.