1. Frequency of Yersinia species infection in paediatric acute diarrhoea in Tehran
- Author
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Soltan-Dallal Mm and Moezardalan K
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Serotype ,Salmonella ,General Medicine ,Biology ,Yersinia ,medicine.disease_cause ,biology.organism_classification ,Microbiology ,Antibiotic resistance ,medicine ,bacteria ,Shigella ,Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli ,Yersinia enterocolitica ,Acute diarrhoea - Abstract
This study determined the frequency of Yersinia enterocolitica infection in 300 children with acute diarrhoea aged 0-12 years who were attending a paediatric hospital in Tehran. Over the 5-month study [May-September 2002], Yersinia species and other organisms were cultured and serotyped from stool samples or swabs. Yersinia spp. were found in 8 cases [2.7%]. Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli was isolated in 5.7% of cases, Shigella spp. in 3.0% and Salmonella spp. in 2.0%. None of the Y. enterocolitica belonged to the common serotypes of O:3 and O:9. Atypical Yersinia spp. [Y. intermedia and Y. frederiksenii] were isolated. All Y. enterocolitica isolates had a similar pattern of antimicrobial resistance. Yersinia spp. infections are not common in the summer months in Tehran
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- 2004