Campylobacter Infection (Campylobacter spp.)
The 1990 case definition appearing on this page was re-published in the 1997 MMWR Recommendations and Reports titled Case Definitions for Infectious Conditions Under Public Health Surveillance [MMWR 1997;46(RR10)] (available at http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00047449.htm). Thus, the 1990 and 1997 versions of the case definition are identical.
An infection that may result in diarrheal illness of variable severity
Isolation of Campylobacter from any clinical specimen
Probable: a clinically compatible case that is epidemiologically linked to a confirmed case
Confirmed: a case that is laboratory confirmed
Only confirmed cases are reported to the laboratory-based surveillance system managed by the Foodborne and Diarrheal Diseases Branch, Division of Bacterial and Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, CDC.