Disseminated Yersinia enterocolitica. Case report and review of the literature.
Yersinia enterocolitica is an uncommon cause of infectious diarrhea in the United States. Rarely, it is a cause of extraintestinal disease. Yet an association exists between Y. enterocolitica infection and axial arthropathy. We present a patient with long-standing arthritis, consistent with incomplete Reiter's syndrome, who developed Y. enterocolitica colitis with hepatic and pulmonic infection.
Tripoli
L C
LC
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Brouillette
D E
DE
Nicholas
J J
JJ
Van Thiel
D H
DH
D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D016918:Arthritis, Reactive / Q000150:complications; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000276:immunology