Bacterium
campylobacter upsaliensis
Subclass of:
Campylobacter
Definitions related to campylobacter upsaliensis:
  • A species of CAMPYLOBACTER isolated from DOGS; CATS; and humans.
    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 using a single polar or bipolar flagellum, non-spore forming, oxidase positive, catalase negative, reduces nitrate, but not nitrite, and does not hydrolyze hippurate nor produce hydrogen sulfide. C. upsaliensis is a pathogen associated with gastroenteritis, acute watery diarrhea, septicemia, abscesses, inflammatory bowel disease, periodontitis and bacteremia in normal hosts and in those with opportunistic infections in immunocompromised individuals or HIV infected patients.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Campylobacter upsaliensis.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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