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- Title
Yersinia enterocolitica pharyngitis.
- Authors
Tacket, Carol O.; Davis, Betty R.; Carter, Geraldine P.; Randolph, Jerry F.; Cohen, Mitchell L.; Tacket, C O; Davis, B R; Carter, G P; Randolph, J F; Cohen, M L
- Abstract
During the investigation of a large multistate outbreak of milk-borne yersiniosis, 14 patients who presented with pharyngitis had Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from the throat. Their illness was characterized by sore throat and fever without enteritis; 3 needed hospitalization. All patients tested had leukocytosis and an elevated convalescent-phase serum titer against the outbreak strain. In contrast to patients with enteritis, who were children, all patients with pharyngitis were adults. Thus, Y. enterocolitica may be responsible for some sporadic cases of pharyngitis in which the throat culture is negative for other pathogens.
- Subjects
UNITED States; YERSINIA enterocolitica infections; PHARYNGITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MILK microbiology; ANIMALS; DISEASE outbreaks; GRAM-negative bacteria; YERSINIA diseases
- Publication
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1983, Vol 99, Issue 1, p40
- ISSN
0003-4819
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.7326/0003-4819-99-1-40