title: Yersinia enterocolitica infection in children: 4 years experience in the Montreal urban community.
abstract: From 1973 to 1976, a total of 146 strains of Yersinia enterocolitica was isolated from children at the Ste. Justine Hospital and Montreal Children's Hospital. All strains tested were of serotype 0:3, biotype 4. The majority (80%) of children from whom Y. enterocolitica was isolated were under 5 years of age and in 74 of 93 cases reviewed diarrhea was the predominant symptom. Case reports on 2 patients with unusual clinical features are also presented.
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011792:Quebec; D013789:Thalassemia / Q000150:complications; D014505:Urban Population; D015007:Yersinia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology