Explosive Campylobacter jejuni diarrhea in immunoproliferative small intestinal disease
Puri, A.S.; Aggarwal, R.; Khan, E.M.; Naik, S.; Ayyagari, A.; Pandey, R.; Naik, S.R.
Indian Journal of Gastroenterology Official Journal of the Indian Society of Gastroenterology 11(3): 141-143
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0254-8860 PMID: 1506053 Document Number: 390916
Campylobacter jejuni is an infrequent cause of self limiting acute diarrheal disease in adults in the Indian subcontinent. We report the occurrence of a life threatening diarrhea due to C jejuni infection in a patient with immunoproliferative small intestinal disease. We postulate that immunosuppression due to malignancy, malnutrition and cancer chemotherapy was responsible for the unusually severe diarrhea.