Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Search research articles

Related Experiment Videos

Campylobacter colitis.

C P Willoughby, J Piris, S C Truelove

Journal of Clinical Pathology

|October 1, 1979

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Campylobacter enteritis can mimic ulcerative colitis symptoms, requiring specific stool cultures for accurate diagnosis. Differentiating these conditions is crucial for appropriate patient treatment and management.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Fibrinolysis and the eosinophil count.

Clinical science·2014

Same author

Infective hepatitis.

Proceedings of the Conference of Army Physicians, Central Mediterranean Forces : held at the Institute superiore di sanita : Rome, 29th January to 3rd February 1945. Conference of Army Physicians, Central Mediterranean Forces (1945 : Is...·2010

Same author

Blood Groups and Secretor Status in Ulcerative Colitis.

British medical journal·2010

Same author

Fevers, headache and abnormal liver function in a 68-year-old man.

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine·2010

Same author

A documentary study of jaundice associated with syphilis treatment and blood transfusion.

British journal of social medicine·2010

Same author

Epidemiology of infective hepatitis among Allied troops in Italy.

British journal of social medicine·2010

Same journal

Defining biochemical, pathological and molecular factors prognostic in terms of disease control and survival in high-grade extremity soft tissue sarcoma: a scoping review.

Journal of clinical pathology·2026

Same journal

MILGDF: a multi-task, instance-level supervised model for oral squamous cell carcinoma integrating local-global attention and dynamic decision fusion.

Journal of clinical pathology·2026

Same journal

Paediatric B-lymphoblastic leukaemia with low peripheral blasts: a potential diagnostic pitfall.

Journal of clinical pathology·2026

Same journal

MRI-targeted versus systematic needle core biopsies in prostate cancer: a patient-based analysis of potential diagnostic and biologic underestimation.

Journal of clinical pathology·2026

Same journal

Basal plasmacytosis and eosinophilia for distinguishing inflammatory bowel disease from gastrointestinal tuberculosis on mucosal biopsy.

Journal of clinical pathology·2026

Same journal

Assay-dependent variability in free thyroxine (FT4): differential interference related to immunoassay design in a patient with subclinical hypothyroidism.

Journal of clinical pathology·2026

See all related articles

Area of Science:

Gastroenterology
Infectious Diseases
Pathology

Background:

Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease with significant diagnostic challenges.
Campylobacter enteritis is a common bacterial infection of the gastrointestinal tract.

Observation:

A case is presented where Campylobacter enteritis exhibited clinical, sigmoidoscopic, and histological features indistinguishable from ulcerative colitis.
The patient's presentation highlighted the potential for misdiagnosis based on initial assessments.

Findings:

Campylobacter infection can lead to colitis that closely resembles ulcerative colitis.
Standard diagnostic methods may not readily distinguish between these two conditions.

Implications:

Related Experiment Videos

Selective stool culture techniques are essential for differentiating Campylobacter colitis from true ulcerative colitis.
Accurate diagnosis is critical for guiding appropriate therapeutic strategies and preventing complications.