What Is The Pathogenesis Of C. Jejuni-related Disease?

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 - 12:21 in Health & Medicine

A research group from United Kingdom investigated the mechanisms by which Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni ) causes inflammation and diarrhea. They found that C. jejuni causes two distinct patterns of disease comprising watery diarrhea (especially in children) and a condition that is normally self limiting but mimics ulcerative colitis.

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