Serra Teresa, González de Cárdenas María, Plovins Juan, Ballesteros Alvaro, Vindel Ana, Sáez-Nieto Juan Antonio
Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2005 Jan;23(1):19-21. doi: 10.1157/13070404.
Gastrointestinal infections caused by Yersinia pseudotuberculosis are uncommon in our country and the epidemiology of the infection is uncertain.
We describe three cases of Y. pseudotuberculosis gastrointestinal infection, all detected within one month of time. A possible epidemiological relationship among these cases, as well as the microbial characteristics of the isolates, was investigated. RESULTS. No epidemiological relationships were found among the three cases. Nevertheless, all three isolates were identical according to phenotyping and molecular marker studies.
This report discusses the possible source of infection in these cases, with reference to published data from sporadic cases and outbreaks of infection by this microorganism. We suggest that future studies are needed to know the real incidence of Y. pseudotuberculosis in our country.
在我国,由假结核耶尔森菌引起的胃肠道感染并不常见,且该感染的流行病学情况尚不确定。
我们描述了3例假结核耶尔森菌胃肠道感染病例,均在1个月内被检测到。对这些病例之间可能存在的流行病学关系以及分离株的微生物特征进行了调查。结果:这3例病例之间未发现流行病学关系。然而,根据表型分析和分子标记研究,所有3株分离株均相同。
本报告参考该微生物散发病例和感染暴发的已发表数据,讨论了这些病例可能的感染源。我们建议,需要开展进一步研究以了解我国假结核耶尔森菌的实际发病率。