This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word hepatic encephalopathy. Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Hepatic encephalopathy is the occurrence of confusion, altered level of consciousness, and coma as a result of liver failure. In the advanced stages it is called hepatic coma or coma hepaticum. It may ultimately lead to death.
Campylobacter germs (bacteria) are commonly found in raw meat, particularly raw poultry such as chicken, turkey, etc. Cooking meat thoroughly usually kills the bacteria. Campylobacter may also be found in unpasteurised milk or untreated water (including ice cubes made from untreated water).ampylobacter are a group of germs (bacteria) that are a common cause of food poisoning. Typically, food poisoning causes gastroenteritis, an infection of the gut (intestines), leading to diarrhoea and often being sick (vomiting) too.
Campylobacter is a leading cause of bacterial diarrhea in developed countries, second to Salmonella as an agent of foodborne diarrheal illness in the United States (159) and the leading cause of foodborne bacterial illness worldwide, accounting for 96 million cases in 2010 (160).