Unusual manifestations of Yersinia enterocolitica infections diagnosed using novel methods

Clin Infect Dis. 1992 Oct;15(4):645-9. doi: 10.1093/clind/15.4.645.

Abstract

We report the cases of two patients who had infections due to Yersinia enterocolitica. The first patient exhibited chronic recurrent fever, hepatic and splenic granulomas, and bone marrow abnormalities, and the second patient presented with enterocolitis with leukocytoclastic vasculitis of the skin. Cultures and agglutination titers were negative. Indirect immunofluorescence techniques with use of serotype-specific antisera and antisera to Yersinia outer-membrane proteins (Yops) were applied to biopsy specimens, and immunoblotting techniques for determining class-specific circulating antibodies to Yops were used for demonstrating these unusual manifestations of Y. enterocolitica infections.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / analysis
  • Bacteremia / diagnosis
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Enterocolitis / microbiology
  • Female
  • Fluorescent Antibody Technique
  • Granuloma / diagnosis
  • Granuloma / microbiology
  • Humans
  • Immunoblotting
  • Liver Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Liver Diseases / microbiology
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / diagnosis*
  • Skin Diseases, Bacterial / microbiology
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Splenic Diseases / microbiology
  • Yersinia Infections / diagnosis*
  • Yersinia Infections / microbiology
  • Yersinia enterocolitica / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial