Campylobacter: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

What is Campylobacter?

Campylobacter simply refers to “curved bacteria” in layman’s terms. It is a genus of gram-negative bacteria that typically appears as s-shaped or comma-shaped (x). Campylobacter infection, which is also known as campylobacteriosis, occurs in the digestive tract and is caused by, of course, campylobacter bacteria.

Campylobacter jejuni remains one of the major causes of food poisoning in the United States and Europe. Most cases occur in isolation and are not even recognized as outbreaks (x). Research shows that 14 out of 100,000 people suffer from food poisoning caused by campylobacter (x).

While infection ...