An Unusual Case of Campylobacter jejuni Gastroenteritis Presenting with Acute Reversible Encephalopathy in an Immunocompetent Host
Joint Authors
Huayanay, Irma
Pozo, Leonardo
Bangash, Salman
Ramirez, Denisse
Rosas, Luis
Arauco Brown, Renzo
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-07-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Campylobacter jejuni gastroenteritis is the most frequent organism associated with acute infectious diarrhea worldwide.
The clinical presentation involves fever, diarrhea, rigors, and myalgias.
Other extraintestinal symptoms that have been described involve delirium and other neurological complications, and the most well-known is Guillain-Barré, where there is cross-reactivity between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain.
Despite previously described multiple neurological complications, there is a lack of clinical data on the association of Campylobacter-related gastroenteritis with acute encephalopathy in immunocompetent patients.
The type of population, immunocompetent stage, and unfamiliarity with the clinical presentation makes this a challenging diagnosis for clinicians.
We report a case of Campylobacter gastroenteritis associated with acute encephalopathy in an immunocompetent patient.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Huayanay, Irma& Pozo, Leonardo& Bangash, Salman& Ramirez, Denisse& Rosas, Luis& Arauco Brown, Renzo. 2020. An Unusual Case of Campylobacter jejuni Gastroenteritis Presenting with Acute Reversible Encephalopathy in an Immunocompetent Host. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Huayanay, Irma…[et al.]. An Unusual Case of Campylobacter jejuni Gastroenteritis Presenting with Acute Reversible Encephalopathy in an Immunocompetent Host. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148331
American Medical Association (AMA)
Huayanay, Irma& Pozo, Leonardo& Bangash, Salman& Ramirez, Denisse& Rosas, Luis& Arauco Brown, Renzo. An Unusual Case of Campylobacter jejuni Gastroenteritis Presenting with Acute Reversible Encephalopathy in an Immunocompetent Host. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1148331
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1148331