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- Title
Strawberry tongue in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection.
- Authors
Sakata, N; Nishioka, H
- Abstract
On a rare occasion, I Y. pseudotuberculosis i infection may progress to bacteremia.[1] The major clinical manifestations include fever, diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting. The blood cultures yielded I Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. i She was diagnosed with I Y. pseudotuberculosis i colitis with bacteremia, and antibiotic therapy was initiated. Physical examination revealed a temperature of 39°C, a red and swollen tongue with enlarged papillae, which is referred to as strawberry tongue (Figure 1), and swollen anterior cervical lymph nodes.
- Subjects
YERSINIA pseudotuberculosis; INFECTIOUS arthritis; STRAWBERRIES; TONGUE; MULTISYSTEM inflammatory syndrome in children; TOXIC shock syndrome
- Publication
QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2023, Vol 116, Issue 6, p447
- ISSN
1460-2725
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/qjmed/hcad009