Yersinia enterocolitica in adults with gastrointestinal disturbances: need for cold enrichment.
In a survey of hospitalized adults, cold enrichment of feces resulted in an incidence rate of Yersinia enterocolitica equal to that of Salmonella spp. Y. enterocolitica was not recovered by routine procedures.
D000328:Adult; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D003080:Cold Temperature; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012703:Serotyping; D015007:Yersinia / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000382:microbiology*