Four Sporadic Pediatric Cases of Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 Infection in a Rural Area of Japan

Japanese journal of infectious diseases

Ryu Yasuda¹  Runa Terakawa¹  Koichi Takeuchi¹  Tsukasa Higuchi¹  Yumi Koike¹  Kisei Minami¹  Noriko Kubota²  Eiko Hidaka²  Ayaka Horiuchi²  Yoshiyuki Kawakami³ 

[1] Department of General Pediatrics, Nagano Children's Hospital;Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nagano Children's Hospital;Division of Infection Control and Microbiological Regulation, Department of Health and Medical Sciences, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine

关键词: Yersinia enterocolitica O:8;    cluster;    pediatric cases;   

DOI  :  10.7883/yoken.JJID.2016.039

学科分类：传染病学

来源: National Institute of Infectious Diseases

【 摘 要 】

In the spring of 2015, we experienced a cluster of 4 sporadic cases of yersiniosis in children in Nagano prefecture, a rural area of Japan. Two patients developed appendicitis-like episodes; one had acute gastroenteritis, and the other had bacteremia associated with liver abscess. The causative agent of these infections was Yersinia enterocolitica serogroup O:8. None of the patients had an underlying illness, and all have recovered completely. The patients were neither socially nor geographically related to each other. These 4 consecutive cases suggest that Y. enterocolitica O:8 has spread substantially in the middle part of Japan, and that this virulent strain might be more common than previously reported in our country.

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