Infrequent detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh.
In a search for Yersinia infection in Bangladesh, one isolate of Y. enterocolitica serotype 0:3 was obtained from stools of 1,450 children with fever and diarrhea and one of Y. enterocolitica serotype 0:8 was recovered from intestinal contents of 80 fatal diarrheal cases during postmortem examination. These results suggest that Yersinia infection is an infrequent cause of tropical diarrhea.
D001459:Bangladesh; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000302:isolation & purification