Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

Yer·sin·i·a pseu·do·tu·ber·cu·lo·sis

a bacterial species causing pseudotuberculosis in birds, rodents, and, rarely, in humans.

Synonym(s): Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

a species found in the intestinal tract of birds, rodents, and other animals. It causes mesenteric adenitis and pseudotuberculosis in humans who have contact with infected food or animals.

Yer·sin·i·a pseu·do·tu·ber·cu·lo·sis

(yĕr-sin'ē-ă sū'dō-tū-bĕr'kyū-lō'sis)

A bacterial species causing pseudotuberculosis in birds, rodents, and rarely in humans.
Synonym(s): Pasteurella pseudotuberculosis.

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.

Yer·sin·i·a pseu·do·tu·ber·cu·lo·sis

(yĕr-sin'ē-ă sū'dō-tū-bĕr'kyū-lō'sis)

Bacterial species causing pseudotuberculosis in birds, rodents, and, rarely, in humans.

Yersinia

a genus of ovoid or rod-shaped, nonencapsulated, gram-negative bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae.

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Yersinia enterocolitica

often carried by many animal species, especially pigs, and associated with sporadic diarrhea in humans and animals. Farmed deer are highly susceptible.

Yersinia pestis

causes bubonic plague in humans and sylvatic plague in rodents and cats.

Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

causes yersiniosis in laboratory animals, wild rodents and domestic species, including cattle, sheep and cats. See also pyemic hepatitis.

Yersinia ruckeri

causes enteric redmouth and salmonid blood spot disease especially of Atlantic salmon fry and parr.

Yersinia tularensis

see francisellatularensis.