Does Whipworm Increase the Pathogenicity ofCampylobacter jejuni?A Clinical Correlate of an Experimental Observation | Zendy

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Does Whipworm Increase the Pathogenicity ofCampylobacter jejuni?A Clinical Correlate of an Experimental Observation

Author(s) -

Jennifer L. Shin,

Geoffrey W. Gardiner,

Wayne Deitel,

Gabor Kandel

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

canadian journal of gastroenterology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1916-7237

pISSN - 0835-7900

DOI - 10.1155/2004/298064

Subject(s) - campylobacter jejuni , toxic megacolon , subclinical infection , microbiology and biotechnology , feces , diarrhea , colitis , immunology , biology , medicine , virology , bacteria , gastroenterology , clostridium difficile , antibiotics , genetics

Campylobacter jejuni is a leading cause of acute diarrhea worldwide, usually mild and self-limiting. No adequate hypothesis has yet been formulated to explain why in an otherwise healthy host this infection is occasionally severe. In a pig model, C jejuni has been shown to be pathogenic only in the presence of swine whipworm. A human case of life-threatening C jejuni colitis leading to toxic megacolon and acute renal failure, associated with concomitant whipworm (Trichuris suis) ova in the feces, is reported. The potential of T suis to potentiate C jejuni in humans deserves further study.

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