Open AccessIsolation of species of Yersinia from patients with gastroenteritis in Nigeria
Author(s) -
D. E. Agbonlahor,
T Odugbemi,
O Dosunmu-Ogunbi
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-16-1-93
Subject(s) - yersinia enterocolitica , serotype , isolation (microbiology) , feces , yersinia , microbiology and biotechnology , acute gastroenteritis , biology , medicine , virology , bacteria , genetics
From patients in Nigeria with acute gastroenteritis, strains of Yersinia were isolated from 14 (1.3%) of 1082 specimens of faeces examined specifically for yersiniae by direct plating and after cold enrichment. Clinical significance was ascribed to six isolates of Y. enterocolitica (serotypes 03, 05,27 and 09) but not to seven isolates of Y. intermedia or one isolate of Y. frederikseni.