Patient with diarrhea and ahritis showing fever, abdominal cramps, nausea, and vomiting with finger swelling. Which of the following organism is responsible?
The given history is suggestive of Campylobacter infection. C/F seen in campylobacteriosis : lntestinal infection: Inflammatory diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever. Degree of diarrhea varies from several loose stools to grossly bloody stools. It is self-limiting Extraintestinal infection: It is mainly due to C. fetus developing mostly in immunocompromised hosts and at the extremes of age. Common manifestations include bacteremia, sepsis, meningitis, vascular infections (endocarditis, aneurysm, and thrombophlebitis).
Campylobacter
Shigella
Yersinia
E coli.
Systemic Bacteriology (Haemophilus, Yersinia, Spirochaetes, Ricketssia, Chlamydia, Mycoplasma and Miscellaneous Bacteria)