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CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF INFECTION WITH YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
BERGSTRAND C. G.,
WINBLAD S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1974.tb04880.x
Subject(s) - medicine , yersiniosis , yersinia enterocolitica , erythema nodosum , pediatrics , yersinia infections , arthritis , enterobacteriaceae , biochemistry , chemistry , genetics , disease , escherichia coli , biology , bacteria , gene
ABSTRACT. Bergstrand, C. G. and Wmblad, S. (Department of Paediatrics and Clinical Bacteriology, Malmö General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden). Clinical manifestations of infection with Yersinia enterocolitica in children. Acta Paediatr Scand, 63: 875, 1974.—The case records of 31 hospitalized children infected with Yersina enterocolitica during the period January 1967 to September 1973 were retrospectively analysed. Most of the children were under 4 years of age, and all had been admitted with a diagnosis of gastroenteritis. The clinical picture was essentially the same as in other types of acute or subacute gastroenteritis and specific signs permitting a clinical diagnosis of Yersiniosis were not observed. The symptoms were of mild to moderate degree, and all patients had an uneventful recovery. Erythema nodosum and arthritis were not observed, and more severe abdominal pains, usually considered typical for older children and adults with Yersiniosis, registered in only 4 of the 31 patients.