yer·sin·i·o·sis (y r-s n  -  ss)n. An infectious disease marked by diarrhea, enteritis, ileitis, pseudoappendicitis, erythema nodosum, and sometimes septicemia or acute arthritis. |
yersiniosis
[yər·sin′·ē·ō′sis]
infection with bacteria of the genus Yersinia, especially Y. enterocolitica, which causes symptoms such as acute gastroenteritis and mesenteric adenitis in children and arthritis, septicemia, and erythema nodosum in adults.
yersiniosis
septicemia often with signs of gastroenteritis, caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, occurring in wild rodents, birds, and, uncommonly, most domestic species, particularly cats. There is fever, severe toxemia and a high fatality rate. At postmortem there are large numbers of embolic abscesses in most organs. Called also pseudotuberculosis.
Occurs also in many species of fish as a septicemia, caused by Yersinia ruckeri.
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