Yersinia enterocoliticaO:3 Infections in Infants and Children, Associated with the Household Preparation of Chitterlings
| Autor: | R J Finton, A R Gerber, Lisa A. Lee, Robert V. Tauxe, J D Smith, Nancy D. Puhr, G P Carter, R K Sikes, C M Parrish, D R Lonsway |
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| Rok vydání: | 1990 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Georgia Meat Yersinia Infections Food Handling Swine Human pathogen Food handling Disease Outbreaks Microbiology Epidemiology medicine Animals Humans Child Yersinia enterocolitica Holidays biology business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Infant Newborn Infant Yersiniosis General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Virology Gastroenteritis Meat Products Diarrhea Child Preschool Food Microbiology bacteria medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | New England Journal of Medicine. 322:984-987 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 0028-4793 |
| DOI: | 10.1056/nejm199004053221407 |
| Popis: | FIRST described as a human pathogen 50 years ago,1 Yersinia enterocolitica has become a major cause of diarrhea in much of the industrialized world. In Scandinavia, Japan, Canada, and parts of Europe, the isolation rates of Y. enterocolitica from patients with gastroenteritis rival those of salmonella.2 3 4 5 6 In these countries, Y. enterocolitica O:3 is the predominant serotype and appears to have an important reservoir in pigs.7 8 9 10 In Belgium, the country with the highest incidence of yersiniosis, Y. enterocolitica O:3 infections have been linked to the ingestion of raw pork.11 In the United States, the epidemiology of yersiniosis is poorly understood. The . . . |
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