Campylobacter species

• Campylobacter

  • Strict anaerobes, microaerophilic environments (Requiring reduce amount of oxygen)
  • Curved, comma-, or S-shaped, Gram-negative, non-spore-forming rods; “sea gull wing” shapes
  • Primary zoonotic organisms - known to cause domestic abortion in animals
  • Patients suffering from Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) often test positive for Campylobacter antibodies
• CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI

  • most common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis
  • Cramps and bloody diarrhea
  • Very common cause of diarrhea in humans
• CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS SUBSP. FETUS

  • has been isolated most frequently from blood cultures
  • rarely associated with gastrointestinal illness.