Yersinia pseudotuberculosis: unusual features of a case.
An unusual case of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis septicemia is reported. Diabetes mellitus was the sole underlying disease; liver enzyme elevations were only transitory. The strain did not show motility until after 50 days at room temperature; it showed temperature and media-dependent fermentation of arabinose, melibiose and rhamnose.
D000368:Aged; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015007:Yersinia / Q000502:physiology; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology