Preferred Label : Enteritis due to Campylobacter;
ICD-11 definition : This refers to inflammation of the small 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 characterized
by diarrhoea (frequently with bloody stools), abdominal pain, malaise, fever, nausea
and/or vomiting.;
ICD-11 synonym : enteric campylobacteriosis; infectious enteritis due to campylobacter; intestinal infection due to campylobacter; campylobacter diarrhoea;
This refers to inflammation of the small 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 characterized
by diarrhoea (frequently with bloody stools), abdominal pain, malaise, fever, nausea
and/or vomiting.
