ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a study of a patient presented to Accident and Emergency (Emergency Room) with profuse bloody diarrhoea. It provides a discussion on clinical management, prevention, epidemiology, biology, and pathology of this case. Campylobacteriosis disease is a global zoonosis, because Campylobacter is part of the normal flora of many animals raised for food such as poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, and shellfish. It also acquired from companion animals, including dogs or cats, and from petting zoos. Most Campylobacter infections are thought to be sporadic, but large outbreaks from a common source can occur and have often been associated with contaminated drinking water. The family Campylobacteraceae includes the genera Campylobacter and Arcobacter. The most common Campylobacter species causing human infections are C. jejuni, C. coli, C. fetus, C. lari, C. helveticus, and C. upsaliensis. Some Campylobacter infections are asymptomatic. Campylobacter invasive antigens are secreted through the flagella export apparatus into the host cell.
