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(Pediatrics in Review. 2005;26:228-229. doi:10.1542/10.1542/pir.26-6-228)
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Yersinia enterocolitica

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American Academy of Pediatrics. Yersinia enterocolitica and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Infections. In Pickering LK, ed. Red Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 26th ed. Elk Grove Village, Ill: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2003:690 –692

Yersinia enterocolitica is a gram-negative bacillus whose reservoir is in animals, notably pigs. Yersinia is transmitted through ingestion of contaminated food or water. Specific exposures include undercooked pork products, unpasteurized milk, or contaminated ground water. Infection may be transmitted to infants if the parent handles raw pork or pork intestines (chitterlings). Infection also can result from direct or indirect contact with infected animals (including an ill household pet), transfusion of red blood cells, and possibly fecal-oral person-to-person transmission. Y enterocolitica has a . . . [Full Text of this Article]


Jason Robertson, MD
 Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Md

Tina L. Cheng, MD, MPH, Associate Editor
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