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title: Real Life Impacts of Campylobacter Infection
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# Real Life Impacts of Campylobacter Infection

 

 

 Although most patients with *Campylobacter* infections recover within a few days, some continue to experience complications of GBS for years.

One woman whose life was permanently altered by this devastating pathogen volunteered to share the [story of how her *Campylobacter* infection and GBS permanently changed her life](https://about-campylobacter.com/mari-tardiffs-story "story of how her Campylobacter infection and GBS permanently changed her life"). Mari Tardiff was an accomplished athlete, public-health nurse, wife and mother when she fell ill with *Campylobacter* *jejuni* and GBS.

  [ Next: Mari Tardiff's Story › ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/mari-tardiffs-story) 

 

### More information about Campylobacter

 [January 11, 2022

###### Preventing Campylobacter Outbreaks: What you need to know

Campylobacter jejuni grows poorly on properly refrigerated foods but does survive refrigeration and will grow if contaminated foods are left out at room temperature. The bacterium is sensitive to heat ...

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/news_events/preventing-campylobacter-outbreaks-what-you-need-to-know) [October 28, 2012

###### The Family Farm Raw Milk Campylobacter Lawsuit – Pennsylvania (2012)

The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed at least 80 cases of Campylobacter infections in an outbreak tied to contaminated unpasteurized milk from The Family Cow dairy, located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. ...

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/news_events/the-family-farm-raw-milk-campylobacter-lawsuit-) [January 01, 2009

###### Kinikin Dairy Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak - Colorado (2009)

At least 8 people were sickened with Campylobacter from consuming raw milk produced by the Kinikin Corner Dairy in Montrose, Colorado. The dairy was ordered to stop production of raw ...

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/news_events/kinikin-dairy-raw-milk-campylobacter-colorado) [November 23, 2008

###### Alexandre EcoDairy Raw Milk Campylobacter Outbreak Lawsuit - California (2008)

In the summer of 2008, an outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni in Del Norte County, California (near the Oregon border) that sickened 16 people was traced to Alexandre EcoDairy Farm raw ...

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/news_events/alexandre-ecodairy-campylobacter-outbreak-in-raw-milk) [1. View all
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## All Campylobacter Resources

 

 [######  Campylobacter Food Poisoning 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/about-campylobacter) [######  The Incidence of Campylobacter Infections 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-incidence) [######  The Prevalence of Campylobacter in Food and Elsewhere 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-prevalence) [######  Transmission of Campylobacter jejuni 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-transmission) [######  Symptoms of Campylobacter infection 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-symptoms-risks) [######  Complications of Campylobacter Infection 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-complications) [######  Diagnosis of a Campylobacter Infection 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-diagnosis) [######  Treatment for Campylobacter Infection 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-treatment) [######  The Economic Impact of Campylobacter Infections 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-economic-impact) [######  Real Life Impacts of Campylobacter Infection 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/real-life-impacts-of-campylobacter-infection) [######  Mari Tardiff's Story 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/mari-tardiffs-story) [######  How Can Campylobacter Food Poisoning Be Prevented? 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-prevention) [######  Campylobacter Outbreaks 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-outbreaks) [######  Campylobacter References 

 

 

 ](https://marlerclark.com/foodborne-illnesses/campylobacter/campylobacter-references) 

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