Case report: fatal Yersinia enterocolitica septicaemia.
Yersinia enterocolitica type 3 was isolated in blood cultures from a previously healthy 81-year-old woman with fever. A high agglutinin titre against this organism was demonstrated in the patient's serum. Antibiotic therapy was given according to sensitivity tests but the outcome was fatal due to uraemia.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D018805:Sepsis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015007:Yersinia / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*