Gram negative, facultatively anaerobic bacteria causing acute gastroenteritis and mesenteric lymphadenitis in children, and arthritis, septicemia, and erythema nodosum in adults. Transmitted through food, water, and person-to-person contact. Usual course - acute.
CAUSES:
•contaminated food ingestion
TREATMENT
• streptomycin
• gentamicin
• tetracycline
• chloramphenicol
• trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole
• fluid replacementLabels: Yersinia enterocolitica infection |
