How to Use campylobacter in a Sentence

campylobacter

noun
  • The state is still waiting on results for bacteria that cause staph and campylobacter.
    — Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Twelve of the campylobacter victims are Petland employees from stores in four states.
    — Andy Marso, kansascity, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Officials have been working to fight campylobacter, the most common cause of food poisoning in Britain.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • Health officials have been working to lower rates of campylobacter, which is the most common cause of food poisoning in the country.
    — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The good news is that people with a campylobacter infection typically recover on their own.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Numerous studies have found that pathogens like salmonella and campylobacter thrive in the damp, often warm environment of the sponge.
    — Alyssa Shaffer, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2024
  • And too many people have done so anyway at their peril and ended up sick as a dog from salmonella, Cyclospora, campylobacter, and more.
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Chickens can also expose people to the campylobacter bacteria.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Cases of campylobacter, listeria and shigella remained steady while cases of cyclospora, vibrio and yersinia increased.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Raw whole turkeys are highly likely to be contaminated with germs that can make people sick, most commonly campylobacter and salmonella.
    — Keren Landman, Vox, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Digestive illnesses Heat is linked with higher risks for salmonella and campylobacter outbreaks.
    — Emily Holden, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Unclean coops can help spread diseases such as salmonella, histoplasmosis and campylobacter infection to humans.
    — Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Last year ago an outbreak of campylobacter in a suburb of Hastings on the North Island made 3,000 people sick and killed two or three.
    — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Doctors diagnosed her with Guillain-Barré syndrome, caused by her campylobacter infection.
    — Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
  • Doctors diagnosed her with Guillain-Barré syndrome, caused by her campylobacter infection.
    — Laura Ungar, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • However, eating undercooked or raw chicken can cause food poisoning from bacteria like salmonella and campylobacter - a fact which many Twitter users were quick to point out.
    — Taylor Rock, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2017
  • But the only bacteria raw or pasteurized milk contain are the nasty kind—salmonella, campylobacter and the like, according to the FDA.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Tracking is optional for infections caused by campylobacter, cyclospora, listeria, shigella, vibrio and Yersinia.
    — Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The presence of campylobacter bacteria was found during an ordinary sample collection and analysis at a production facility.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 29 Aug. 2021
  • In additional lab experiments, the scientists injected raw chicken breast fillets with a cocktail of campylobacter and salmonella.
    — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 1 May 2020
  • That’s because unpasteurized milk can harbor bacteria like salmonella, listeria and campylobacter.
    — Dani Blum, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Some common infections that can affect the gastrointestinal tract include salmonella, campylobacter, and giardia.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2022
  • In the case of campylobacter, symptoms don't typically start to present themselves until two to five days after exposure, while salmonella can start wreaking havoc in as little as six hours, per the CDC.
    — Elizabeth Bacharach, Women's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Mari Tardiff, of Ashland, Oregon, was hospitalized for five months after drinking raw milk contaminated with campylobacter in 2008.
    — Laura Ungar, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The Humane Society said its undercover investigator became ill with campylobacter after contact with Petland’s puppies.
    — Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • These diseases include bacterial infections like campylobacter and salmonella and parasitic infections like cryptosporidium, giardia and tapeworm. Symptoms can include abdominal cramping, diarrhea, fever and vomiting.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
  • One gram of dog poop can contain up to 23 million fecal coliform bacteria, and dog poop is also a common carrier of whipworms, hookworms, roundworms, parvo, coronavirus, giardia, salmonella, cryptosporidium, and campylobacter.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture in June urged the public to discard one brand of raw milk after samples were confirmed to be contaminated with campylobacter and patients reported symptoms of campylobacteriosis after consuming the product.
    — Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Foodborne illnesses analyzed included microbial contamination as well as Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, salmonella, and campylobacter.
    — Rebecca Jaspan, Mph, Rd, Cdn, Cdces, Health, 6 Apr. 2023

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