[Yersinia and infantile gastroenteritis].
Fecal samples and intestinal mucosal biopsies of 16 patients in paediatric age, with protracted diarrhoea with blood and mucus, were examined for intestinal pathogens including Yersinia. Yersinia enterocolitica 1/5/XZ and Yersinia intermedia 1/18/XZ were isolated from fecal samples of two patients. In another child, Yersinia enterocolitica, 1/5/XZ was isolated from fecal sample, while Yersinia enterocolitica 1/self-agglutinable/XZ from colon biopsy. The other intestinal pathogens were absent; Aeromonas hydrophila however was isolated from two fecal samples. The Yersinia strains isolated are not frequently found in human infections.
Franzin
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Istituto Malattie Infettive, Università di Torino.
Oderda
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D000293:Adolescent; D000333:Aeromonas / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000150:complications; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015007:Yersinia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000302:isolation & purification*
Yersinia e gastroenteriti infantili.