Bacterium
campylobacter jejuni
Subclass of:
Campylobacter
Definitions related to campylobacter jejuni:
  • A species of bacteria that resemble small tightly coiled spirals. Its organisms are known to cause abortion in sheep and fever and enteritis in man and may be associated with enteric diseases of calves, lambs, and other animals.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A species of microaerophilic, Gram-negative, curved or spiral bacilli assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile with a flagellum at each pole, non-spore forming, oxidase positive, and hydrolyzes hippurate. C. jejuni is the most common pathogen in the United States causing bacterial diarrhea and gastroenteritis and is also linked to Guillain Barre syndrome.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Campylobacter jejuni.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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