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Campylobacter jejuni Colitis

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Nonhuman Primates

Part of the book series: Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals ((LABORATORY))

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Abstract

Diarrhea caused by Campylobacter jejuni results in soft mucoid feces that take the form of the container in which the fecal specimen is placed (grade 2 diarrhea). In more severe cases the feces are fluid, yellowish in color, and may be positive to tests for occult blood.

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  1. Harvard Medical School, ILSI Research Foundation, 1126 Sixteenth Street, N. W., Washington, DC, 20036, USA

    Thomas Carlyle Jones D. V.M., D.Sc. (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus) (Professor of Comparative Pathology, Emeritus)

  2. Institut für Experimentelle Pathologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Konstanty-Gutschow-Strasse 8, 30625, Hannover, Federal Republic of Germany

    Ulrich Mohr M. D. (Professor of Experimental Pathology) (Professor of Experimental Pathology)

  3. New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, One Pine Hill Drive, Southborough, MA, 01772, USA

    Ronald Duncan Hunt D. V.M. (Professor of Comparative Pathology) (Professor of Comparative Pathology)

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Russell, R.G. (1993). Campylobacter jejuni Colitis. In: Jones, T.C., Mohr, U., Hunt, R.D. (eds) Nonhuman Primates. Monographs on Pathology of Laboratory Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84924-4_17

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