Spontaneous Yersinia enterocolitica Septicemia in a Patient with Iron Overload

Yersinia enterocolitica septicemia is described in a patient with transfusional iron overload and a myelodysplastic syndrome. The organism was biotype 1 serotype 0:5,27 and carried a virulence-encoding plasmid. It was calcium-dependent, autoagglutinating and virulent to orally challenged mice, but n...

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Main Authors: Steven S Larigakis, Michael A Noble, Terence G Sparling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1990-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1990/671489
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