title: The first imported human case of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serotype O1 septicemia presents with acute appendicitis-like syndrome in Taiwan.
abstract: Human nonplague yersiniosis occurs more commonly in temperate regions than in tropical or subtropical regions. In Taiwan, which is located in a subtropical region of Southeast Asia, only environmental isolates and human infection of Yersinia enterocolitica were reported, but a human case of Y. pseudotuberculosis infection had not been identified. We report the first person with Y. pseudotuberculosis serotype O1 septicemia who presented with acute appendicitis-like syndrome and who was probably contracted the infection via ingestion of raw foods in a barbecue restaurant in Japan.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Chung-Hsu
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China; Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Jiun-Nong
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China; Graduate Institute of Medicine, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yen-Hsu
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China; Faculty of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lin-Li
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wen-Ying
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pathology, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hsiao-Pei
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Ku
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital/I-Shou University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, Republic of China; Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China. Electronic address: ed100233@yahoo.com.tw.
authors.forename: Hsi-Hsun
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013577:Syndrome; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014195:Travel; D015011:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015012:Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000382:microbiology
keywords: Japan; Taiwan; Yersinia pseudotuberculosis; septicemia; terminal ileitis; yersiniosis