Yersinia pseudotuberculosis affecting the appendix.
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is an uncommon cause of abdominal pain. It has a much lower incidence than Yersinia enterocolitica, and most reports have emanated from Europe or North America. This report is about a patient with Yersiniosis affecting the appendix alone, in contrast to the usual picture of mesenteric adenitis or septicemia associated with this organism.
Grant
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Department of Paediatric Surgery, Red Cross Children's War Memorial Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
Rode
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Cywes
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D001065:Appendix; D002429:Cecal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*