A Campylobacter species may infect a patient's gastrointestinal tract and cause diarrhea. The risk is increased if a person is exposed to a number of factors.
Risk factors associated with eating or drinking:
(1) consumption of raw or undercooked poultry
(2) eating chicken at a commercial food establishment
(3) eating nonpoultry meat at a restaurant
(4) drinking unpasteurized milk or eating cheese made from unpasteurized milk
(5) drinking improperly treated surface water
(6) poor utensil hygiene
Risk factors associated with personal contact:
(7) contact with pets
(8) contact with farm animals
(9) recent foreign travel
Other:
(10) therapy with antibiotics prior to exposure (associated with antibiotic resistant strain)
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