Campylobacter jejuni—An Emerging Foodborne Pathogen
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Campylobacter jejuni--an emerging foodborne pathogen.
Campylobacter jejuni is the most commonly reported bacterial cause of foodborne infection in the United States. Adding to the human and economic costs are chronic sequelae associated with C. jejuni infection--Guillian-Barré syndrome and reactive arthritis. In addition, an increasing proportion of human infections caused by C. jejuni are resistant to antimicrobial therapy. Mishandling of raw pou...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid0501.990104