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A Case of Campylobacter jejuni Enterocolitis with Acute Pancreatitis and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
Dong Hyun Shin/Jin Soo Lee/Hung Jung Woo/Hee Jin Cheong/Woojoo Kim/Min Ja Kim/Seung Chull Park
Division of Infectious Disease, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea. Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Vol.29 Num.5 (p433~437)
Campylobacter jejuni enterocolitis is one of the common causes of acute infectious diarrhea, but most of them remain unrecognized by routine microbiologic examination. Its clinical manifestations are watery diarrhea, malaise, fever and abdominal pain. The clinical course is self-limited in majority of cases. However cases of Campylobacter jejuni infections as cholecystitis, pancreatitis, peritonitis or cystitis have been infrequently reported. Moreover, reactive arthritis, hepatitis, interstitial nephritis or hemolytic uremic syndrome rarely develops in Campylobacter jejuni enterocolitis. We experienced a patient with Campylobacter jejuni enterocolitis, who had shown complex clinical features manifested by pancreatitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome. We reported the case with literature reviews.
Keywords : Campylobacter jejuni enterocolitis, Pancreatitis, Hemolytic uremic syndrome