Cecal Perforation in the Setting of Campylobacter jejuni Infection

Seema Jain; Weston Bettner; Dane C Olevian; Dhiraj Yadav

doi:10.14309/crj.0000000000000268

Cecal Perforation in the Setting of Campylobacter jejuni Infection

ACG Case Rep J. 2019 Dec 5;6(12):e00268. doi: 10.14309/crj.0000000000000268. eCollection 2019 Dec.

Authors

Seema Jain¹, Weston Bettner², Dane C Olevian³, Dhiraj Yadav²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
² Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
³ 3Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Laboratory Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.

Abstract

Campylobacter infection is the leading cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide, yet life-threatening complications are extremely rare. We present a 32-year-old previously healthy man who presented with dysentery from Campylobacter jejuni, which was complicated by cecal perforation and secondary bacterial peritonitis.

Publication types

Case Reports