BLOG: Campylobacter infection strikes consumers of raw milk in California - (Marler Blog)
August 8, 2008 – 11:43 pmWe have recently learned of individuals in Northern California who have become seriously ill after consuming raw cows milk tainted with the bacteria campylobacter. At least one person remains hospitalized after consuming the milk and developing Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS). GBS is a disorder in which the bodys immune system attacks part of the peripheral nervous system. The peripheral nervous system includes the cranial nerves (except the optic [eye] nerve), the spinal nerves, and the autonomic nervous system that governs involuntary actions. This woman remains hospitalized on a ventilator.
Campylobacter jejuni is a bacterium that was first recognized as a cause of human gastrointestinal illness in 1975. Since that time, the bacterium has been identified as the most common cause of bacterial foodborne illness in the U.S., ahead of Salmonella the second most common cause.
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