Campylobacter are germs (campylobacter bacteria) that can cause an unpleasant bout of food poisoning. One of the most common strains in the group is Campylobacter jejuni. When eating or drinking something containing the campylobacter germs it cause illness, usually with gastroenteritis, an infection of the guts.
My elderly relative presenting with severe diarrhoea (sometimes with blood) and fever (38.5) has now been diagnosed with campylobacter infection. He is going 8 times a day and has become dehydrated and started hallucinating. The hospital told him he is ‘getting better’ simply because his fever has now (predictably) come down and took him off his IV fluids. They are refusing antibiotics even on day six. This seems to contradict guidelines and may even be negligence. They keep saying it is not their policy to give antibiotics.
Worried doesn’t begin to cover it. Anyone experienced similar and has any suggestions of how we move things forward, please reply. No horror stories, please.