title: Yersiniosis as a gastrointestinal disease.
abstract: Anti-yersinia antibodies were assessed in sera from 630 patients admitted to a department of surgery for acute abdominal disease, using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). In 21 patients a high concentration of yersinia antibodies confirmed recent yersinia infection. Eight patients had an appendicectomy performed; in all patients with antibodies against Y. enterocolitica 9 or Y. pseudotuberculosis IA a true appendicitis was found at operation. Two patients with Y. enterocolitica 3 antibodies had acute terminal ileitis and mesenterial lymphadenitis. In 4 patients a diagnosis of acute pancreatitis was established; 2 of these had cholecystitis. Two further patients had cholecystitis without pancreatic affection. Two patients had colonic diverticulitis, 1 with perforation. The results demonstrate that yersinia infection may commonly give rise to a variety of acute abdominal inflammations, and stress the importance of serological and bacteriological diagnostic procedures.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000209:etiology; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000209:etiology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008875:Middle Aged; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000276:immunology; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000276:immunology; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M