Yersinia enterocolitica is a Gram-negative coccobacillus-shaped bacterium, belonging to the family Enterobacteriaceae. Y. enterocolitica infection causes the disease yersiniosis, which is a zoonotic disease occurring in humans, as well as a wide array of animals such as cattle, deer, pigs, and birds. Many of these animals recover from the disease ...
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(from the article `yersiniosis`) acute gastrointestinal infection caused by the bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica, characterized by fever, often-bloody diarrhea, and abdominal pain. ...
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<radiology> Gram (-) rod, most common infection of small bowel, superficial, self-limited, TI is preferred site, three stages: nodular, edematous, resolution (each 2 weeks) Differential diagnosis: Peyer's patches, Crohn disease ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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A bacterium that causes an infectious disease called yersiniosis. Yersinia enterocolitica is a member of the Yersinia family of bacteria.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. 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 ...
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Yersinia enterocolitica: A bacterium that causes an infectious disease called yersiniosis. Yersinia enterocolitica is a member of the Yersinia family of bacteria. Common symptoms of yersiniosis in children (who most often contract the disease) are fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, which is often bloody. Symptoms typically develop 4 to 7 days aft...
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