[Chronic recurrent fever as the sole symptom of Yersinia enterocolitica infection].
Recurrent fever lasting for nine months up to ten years occurred in seven women and three men, with fever of up to 39 degrees C lasting from two to seven days. All patients had travelled outside of Germany at least one year previously. Micro-Widal reaction revealed antibodies against Yersinia enterocolitica (serotype 0:3 or 0:9), with a titre of between 1:80 and 1:1280. Antibiotic treatment (doxycycline or cotrimoxazole) brought cure in all ten. The antibody titres fell in seven of nine patients; titres could not be followed in one.
Landesinstitut für Tropenmedizin, Landesmedizinaluntersuchungsamt, Berlin.
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D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004318:Doxycycline / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004338:Drug Combinations / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014295:Trimethoprim / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000276:immunology
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004338:Drug Combinations; D015662:Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination; D014295:Trimethoprim; D013420:Sulfamethoxazole; D004318:Doxycycline
Chronisch rezidivierendes Fieber als Monosymptom bei Yersinia-enterocolitica-Infektion.