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Drug Resistance
Research data from Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Trust update understanding of drug resistance
April 29th, 2008
According to recent research from London, the United Kingdom, "The case is described of a 27-year-old woman who presented with an acute diarrhoeal illness. She was initially poorly responsive to antibiotics and developed lymphocytic ascites." "Diagnosis was difficult to establish, and peritoneal tuberculosis was considered to be the most likely cause of her symptoms. Serological tests eventually confirmed Campylobacter jejuni infection. Campylobacter is one of the most common bacterial diarrhoeal infections, and complications, except for colitis, are rare except in specific disease states-for example, patients with cirrhosis or undergoing peritoneal dialysis," wrote...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-29)
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