[Diarrhea caused by Campylobacter in patients with hematologic diseases]

Diarrhoea caused by Campylobacter infection in two adult patients was observed: one with erythroleukemia, and another with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. An infection developed in both cases during the period of agranulocytosis and decreased specific immunologic response to cytostatics. In case of the second patient, it has also been due to the underlying disease. The course of the disease has been different in both patient. It was dramatic with high fever and multiple fetid stools in one patient, and mild, successfully treated within a few days, in the second.