Anemic Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Campylobacter Jejuni Infection
Julio César Moreno-Alfonso MD1*, Giuseppa Antona MD1, Ada Molina Caballero MD1 and Alberto Pérez Martínez MD, PhD1
1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
*Corresponding Author: Julio César Moreno-Alfonso MD, Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital Universitario de Navarra. Pamplona, Spain.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58624/SVOAPD.2024.03.057
Received: February 24, 2023 Published: March 20, 2024
We present a 13-month-old male with a history of multiple diarrheal episodes with mucus and blood due to Campylobacter Jejuni infection. He was admitted in the last of them due to mucosanguinous stools, fever and oral intolerance. He was treated with amoxicillin/clavulanic acid and a blood test was performed without leukocytosis (14 x109/L) but with neutrophilia (10.2 x109/L) and elevated CRP (85mg/L), in addition to abdominal ultrasound with minimal fluid tab in the right iliac fossa. On the second day of hospitalization, he presented an anemizing and painless gastrointestinal bleeding that required transfusion (hemoglobin 6.3g/dL), however, he was hemodynamically stable, with slightly painful abdomen in lower quadrants, but without peritoneal irritation.
Citation: Moreno-Alfonso JC, Antona G, Molina Caballero A, Perez Martínez A. Anemic Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Campylobacter Jejuni Infection. SVOA Paediatrics 2024, 3:2, 17-18.