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Colitis due to Campylobacter

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Colitis due to Campylobacter – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/886535028

This refers to inflammation of the large intestine due to infection of bacteria, Campylobacter, a genus of spirally curved motile gram-negative rod-shaped bacteria of which some are pathogenic. This will cause acute enteric disease of variable severity characterised by diarrhoea (frequently with bloody stools), abdominal pain, malaise, fever, nausea and/or vomiting.