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.