Streszczenie
2/2015
vol. 10
Opis przypadku
Mesenteric lymphadenitis caused by Yersinia enterocolitica
Prz Gastroenterol 2015; 10 (2): 118–121
Data publikacji online: 2015/01/14
Yersiniosis is an acute or chronic, zoonotic disease caused by infection of Gram-negative rods Yersinia enterocolitica. It can be transmitted by the consumption of originally contaminated food products (pork, unpasteurized milk) or secondarily contaminated with animal or vegetable products. The clinical picture of infection may have a variable course is related to the age and physical condition of the patient, or pathogenic properties of microorganisms. Infection caused by Y. enterocolitica can occur in different clinical forms: food poisoning, colitis, mesentric lymphadenitis, erythema nodosum, arthritis, pharyngitis, pneumonia, meningitis, sepsis. The aim of this study was to present a rare case of infection with Y. enterocolitica mesenteric lymph nodes coexistent with appendicitis.
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yersiniosis, infection, mesenteric lymph nodes
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