What are the main clinical features of Campylobacter?

• prodrome: headache malaise
• diarrhoea: often bloody
• abdominal pain: may mimic appendicitis

What is the management of Campylobacter?

• usually self-limiting
• the BNF advises treatment if severe or the patient is immunocompromised (the first-line antibiotic is clarithromycin)

What bacteria is the cause of Campylobacter?

Gram-negative bacillus Campylobacter jejuni

What are possible complications of Campylobacter?

• Guillain-Barre syndrome may follow Campylobacter jejuni infections
• reactive arthritis
• septicaemia, endocarditis, arthritis