Open AccessA Case of Yersinia Infection from the Middle East: Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s) -
Ahmed Baraka,
Talib Juma,
S. S. AL-ALOUSI,
HA Sheikh,
Sami Asfar
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/1991/607282
Subject(s) - yersiniosis , cecum , yersinia enterocolitica , appendix , yersinia , terminal ileum , medicine , ileum , mesenteric lymph nodes , immunology , biology , bacteria , spleen , enterobacteriaceae , paleontology , biochemistry , genetics , escherichia coli , gene
The authors report the first case of yersinia infection of the cecum, appendix and mesenteric lymph nodes from the Middle East, together with a literature review on yersiniosis. The case is unique in that the cecum was affected while the terminal ileum was free from disease
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