Case report: an unusual presentation of Yersinia enterocolitica infection.
We report on a 30-year-old Dutch marine who was stationed in Eritrea and who was repatriated because of acute paralytic small-bowel ileus. The disease course was short and without signs of infection. After diagnostic work-up, we diagnosed Yersinia enterocolitica infection. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of Yersinia enterocolitica infection causing paralytic ileus in an adult.
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Department of Medicine, Central Military Hospital, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands. cjaspers@worldonline.nl
Begashaw
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003113:Colonoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D009326:Naval Medicine; D009426:Netherlands; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D002939:Ciprofloxacin