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Campylobacter fetus subspjejuni

A cause of diarrhea in a patient with a continent ileostomy

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This report describes a patient with a continent ileostomy who hadCampylobacter fetus subspjejuni diarrhea. This is the first documentation of the organism in a patient with an ileal reservoir who was experiencing diarrhea.

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  1. Divisions of Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota

    Adrienne A. Drake MD, Kenneth A. Huizenga MD & Robert E. Van Scoy MD

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Drake, A.A., Huizenga, K.A. & Van Scoy, R.E. Campylobacter fetus subspjejuni . Digest Dis Sci 27, 1037–1038 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01391752

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