Two outbreaks of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 5a infection in Japan.
In the summer of 1984 there occurred 2 outbreaks of infection with Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 5a. 58 persons ate meat products, vegetables and rice at a Japanese barbecue restaurant. 39/58 (67%) developed symptoms. In 19/39 persons an infection with Y. pseudotuberculosis could be diagnosed by stool cultures and/or serological techniques. Fever occurred in all patients, exanthema in 68% and abdominal pain in 68%. Thus, human yersiniosis due to Y. pseudotuberculosis 5a could be a febrile disease with exanthema and gastrointestinal disturbances. A transient acute renal failure developed around the 10th day of illness in 4 children. The source and mode of spread of this infection could not be clarified.
Nakano
T
T
Department of Pediatrics, Owase City Hospital, Japan.
Kawaguchi
H
H
Nakao
K
K
Maruyama
T
T
Kamiya
H
H
Sakurai
M
M
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*