Yersinia enterocolitica

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Related to Yersinia enterocolitica: yersiniosis, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Yer·sin·i·a en·ter·o·co·li·ti·ca

a bacterial species that causes yersiniosis in humans; it is found in the feces and lymph nodes of sick and healthy animals, including humans, in material likely to be contaminated with feces, and in the cadavers of cattle, rabbits, hares, dogs, guinea pigs, horses, monkeys, pigs, and sheep; it replicates at refrigerator temperatures and has been associated with contamination of blood and blood products.

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Yer·sin·i·a en·ter·o·co·li·ti·ca

(yĕr-sin'ē-ă en'tĕr-ō-kō-lit'i-kă)

A bacterial species that causes yersiniosis in humans; it is found in the feces and lymph nodes of sick and healthy animals, including humans, and in material contaminated with feces.

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Yersin,

Alexandre Émil Jean, Swiss bacteriologist and surgeon, 1863-1943.

Yersinia enterocolitica - a species causing yersiniosis.

Yersinia pestis - a species causing plague. Synonym(s): Kitasato bacillus

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis - a species causing pseudotuberculosis in birds and rodents; rarely in humans Synonym(s): Pasteurella pestis

yersiniosis - infectious disease caused by Yersinia enterocolitica.

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Yer·sin·i·a en·ter·o·co·li·ti·ca

(yĕr-sin'ē-ă en'tĕr-ō-kō-lit'i-kă)

A bacterial species that causes yersiniosis in humans; found in feces and lymph nodes of sick and healthy animals, including humans, and in material contaminated with feces.

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References in periodicals archive ?

Korkeala, "Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica 2/O:9 and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis 1/O:1 strains isolated from human and non-human sources in the Plateau State of Nigeria," Food Microbiology, vol.

Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in Retail Chicken Meat, Mashhad, Iran

Gene arrays analysis of Yersinia enterocolitica FlhD and FlhC: regulation of enzymes affecting synthesis and degradation of carbamoylphosphate.

Next-generation sequencing virulome analysis of a Yersinia enterocolitica subsp. palearctica bioserotype 4/O:3 ST18 isolated from human blood in Brazil

Yersinia enterocolitica: overview and epidemiologic correlates.

Rapid urea broth as an intermediate step in the identification of possible Yersinia spp. isolated from faecal specimens submitted for bacterial culture

La prueba de reaction en cadena de polimerasa en el tejido de parafina confirmo la presencia de DNA de Yersinia enterocolitica, implicando asi a Yersinia como agente etiologico.

Granulomatous enterocolitis secondary to Yersinia in an 11-year-old boy from Puerto Rico, confirmed by PCR: a case report

Virdi, "Distribution of virulence-associated genes in Yersinia enterocolitica biovar 1A correlates with clonal groups and not the source of isolation," FEMS Microbiology Letters, vol.

Detection and characterization of Shiga toxin producing Escherichia coli, salmonella spp., and Yersinia strains from human, animal, and food samples in San Luis, Argentina

An aliquot of 1 mL of Yersinia enterocolitica fresh culture in brain heart infusion--BHI (Difco/BBL, Detroit, MI, USA)--was harvested by centrifugation at 4,000 xg for 5 min.

Characterization of Yersinia enterocolitica Biotype 1A strains isolated from swine slaughterhouses and markets

Specificity dependence between serological tests for diagnosing bovine brucellosis in Brucellafree farms showing false positive serological reactions due to Yersinia enterocolitica O:9.

Capacidad operativa de tecnicas de union primaria y seroepidemiologia de la brucelosis porcina en la Region Centro Occidental de Venezuela

An outbreak of Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 infections associated with pasteurized milk.

Yersinia enterocolitica infections associated with pasteurized milk--Southwestern Pennsylvania, March-August, 2011

This study revealed high bacteria count of 3.52 x [10.sup.5] cfu/g in spoilt sweet pepper fruits sold in Kasuwan Daji and also revealed that sweet pepper fruits sold in Sokoto Metropolis contain organisms such as Bacillus megaterium, Bacillus licheniformis, Paenibacillus alvei, Enterobacter aerogenes, Proteus vulgaris, Staphylococcus auricularis, Yersinia enterocolitica, Aspergillus clavatus, Aspergillus flavus, and Fusarium poae respectively.

Microorganisms associated with volatile metabolites production in soft rot disease of sweet pepper fruits (Tattase)

cereus, Micrococcus luteus and Staphylococcus aureus), Gram negative bacteria (Yersinia enterocolitica, Klebsiella oxytoca, Serratia marcescens, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa) and yeast (Candida albicans).

Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) Essential Oil

(4) Proposed inciting agents include EBV, (5) human herpesvirus 6 and human herpesvirus 8, (6) human immunodeficiency virus (7) and parvovirus B19, (8) and paramyxoviruses, parainfluenza virus, Yersinia enterocolitica, and toxoplasma.

Kikuchi disease and thyroid follicular adenoma

The Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis species cause an inflammation of the intestines following food poisoning.