What is the pathogenesis of C. jejuni-related disease?

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 05:56 in Health & Medicine

Campylobacters are small Gram-negative spiral rods. Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni), a foodborne organism contracted from untreated water, milk and meat, especially chicken, is one of the most important causes of bacterial diarrhea worldwide. However, its mode of pathogenesis is not clear.

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