Campylobacter jejuni
- Hosts
- Transmission/Exposure Routes
- Case Fatality Ratio
- Incubation Period
- Burden of Disease
- Microbiology
- Environmental Survival
- Recommended Dose Response Model
Animals and humans
Fecal-oral, ingestion of contaminated food or water, and the eating of raw meat
Does not commonly cause death, it has been estimated that approximately 124 persons with Campylobacter infections die each year.
| Case Fatality Ratio | Pathway/conditions | Population | References |
| 0.19% (95% CI: 0.13-0.27%) | Infected domestically (in Sweden)
Within first month following illness |
Sweden | [1] |
| 0.008 (95% CI: 0.0008-0.03%) | Infected Abroad (outside of Sweden)
Within first month following illness |
Not Reported | [1] |
| 0.23% | foodborne infection | Denmark | [2] |
3-5 days or up to a week [3]
It is estimated to affect over 2.4 million persons every year, or 0.8% of the population. [4]
In 2010, the CDC reported an incidence 13.6 per 100,000 for Campylobacteriosis. [5]
Duration of infectiousness and disease
Symptoms typically reside in one week. Antibiotic treatment has been shown to decrease the duration of intestinal symptoms by 1.32 Days (95% CI: 0.64-1.99) However, because of drug resistance problems, antibiotics are only advised in complicated cases.[6]
Symptomology
Illness can cause symptoms beginning 2-5 days after exposures. These symptoms include abdominal pain, cramping, diarrhea, and fever.
Post-infectious complications include...
- Reactive Arthritis (7%)
- Guillain-Barre syndrome (1-3/10,000)
- Bacteremia (<1%)
Excretion Rates (see Exposure)
Immunity
Gram-negative, spiral, and microaerophilic. Motile, with either unipolar or bipolar flagella, the organisms have a characteristic spiral/corkscrew appearance and are oxidase-positive
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ternhag, A., Törner, A., Svensson, Å., Giesecke, J., & Ekdahl, K. (2005). Mortality following Campylobacter infection: a registry-based linkage study. BMC Infectious Diseases, 5, 70. doi:10.1186/1471-2334-5-70 Full Text
- ↑ Helms, M., Vastrup, P., Gerner-Smidt, P., & Mølbak, K. (2003). Short and long term mortality associated with foodborne bacterial gastrointestinal infections: registry based study. BMJ : British Medical Journal, 326(7385), 357. Full Text
- ↑ Medscape Page
- ↑ CDC Page
- ↑ Vital Signs: Incidence and Trends of Infection with Pathogens Transmitted Commonly Through Food --- Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 10 U.S. Sites, 1996--2010. (n.d.). http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6022a5.htm?s_cid=mm6022a5_w
- ↑ Ternhag, A., Asikainen, T., Giesecke, J., & Ekdahl, K. (2007). A Meta-Analysis on the Effects of Antibiotic Treatment on Duration of Symptoms Caused by Infection with Campylobacter Species. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 44(5), 696–700. doi:10.1086/509924 Full Text
