A rare case of enteric and systemic Yersinia enterocolitica infection in a chronic, not iron-overloaded dialysis patient

Autor: Jari Intra, Sara Auricchio, Roberta M. Sala, Paolo Brambilla
Jazyk: English<br />Italian
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Microbiologia Medica, Vol 32, Iss 1 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2280-6423
DOI: 10.4081/mm.2017.6614
Popis: We present herein a case of bacterial gastroenteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica, occurred in a young woman undergoing haemodialysis with a previous history positive for prolonged (20 years) immunosuppressive therapy for glomerulonephritis before and for kidney transplant later. The patient’s outcome was favourable after a third-generation cephalosporin treatment without complications. The possible pathophysiological association between patient clinical condition and Yersinia bacteraemia is discussed, along with the review of literature.
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