Animaltohuman transmission and waterborne transmission. Yersinia enterocolitica infection is a disease which could be seen all over the world. It is relatively uncommon with about 1012 cases reported in wisconsin annually. Yersiniosis is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium, yersinia. Yersiniosis is a relatively uncommon infection contracted through the consumption of undercooked meat products, unpasteurised milk, or water contaminated by the bacteria. The center for disease control and prevention cdc estimates, about 87,000 cases of human diseases occur due to y.
Growth and survival of yersinia enterocolitica at acidic ph. Yersinia species are gramnegative coccobacilli, which are facultative anaerobes. Yersinia enterocolitica was discovered more than 60 years ago but was not considered as a human or veterinary pathogen until the late 1960s when it became increasingly identified in foodborne gastrointestinal infections 2, 3. Comparison of chromagar yersinia and cin agar media for isolation of potentially virulent yersinia enterocolitica in stools 20 nicolas renaud,a laetitia lecci,a rene j. Yersiniosis is an infection caused most often by eating raw or undercooked pork contaminated with yersinia enterocolitica bacteria. Children are infected more often than adults, and the infection is more common in the winter. Yersinia enterocolitica is a gramnegative, bacillusshaped bacterium, belonging to the family yersiniaceae. Notifications should be made using the communicable disease notification form for metropolitan residents pdf 209kb or regional residents pdf 209kb. Outbreak of yersinia infection and processed pork, norway. Yersiniosis yersineeosis is a disease caused by bacteria called yersinia.
Pdf systemic infection by yersinia enterocolitica in. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and yersinia enterocolitica. Yersinia species are commonly found in a wide variety of animals, birds and environmental sources. Although yersinia enterocolitica is usually transmitted through contaminated food and untreated water, occasional transmission such as humantohuman, animaltohuman and blood transfusion associated transmission have also identified in human disease. Yersiniosis non plague yersinia signs and symptoms fever, diarrhea, may be bloody diarrhea and pain resembling appendicitis may be erythema nodosum, postinfectious arthritis, sepsis, or rarely necrotizing enterocolitis in infants or tissue abscesses incubation usually 4 7 days, range usually under 10 days case classification. Aug 14, 2015 yersinia infection is a notifiable infectious disease in western australia. The infectious dose is 108 bacteria or more orally. Children are infected more often than adults, and the infection is more common. Yersinia infection is a notifiable infectious disease in western australia. Pdf yopb of yersinia enterocolitica is essential for. Yersinia enterocolitica and yersinia pseudotuberculosis are bacterial infections that are uncommon, but can cause problems when they occur. Pdf yersinia enterocolitica olenka leyton academia.
In addition, experiments were done to assess survival of y. Pcr detection of virulence genes in yersinia enterocolitica. Yersiniosis disease fact sheet series what is yersiniosis. Cudjoe, karin nygard, and georg kapperud an outbreak involving 11 persons infected with yersinia enterocolitica o. Yersinia enterocolitica see the image below is a bacterial species in the family enterobacteriaceae that most often causes enterocolitis, acute diarrhea, terminal ileitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, and pseudoappendicitis but, if it spreads systemically, can also result in fatal sepsis.
Links with this icon indicate that you are leaving the cdc website the centers for disease control and prevention cdc cannot attest to the accuracy of a nonfederal website. Usually, someone with an infection caused by yersinia bacteria recovers within a few days without medical. In the united states, most human illness is caused by one species, y. Growth and survival of yersinia enterocolitica at acidic. Yersinia enterocolitica is the most common species causing enteric yersiniosis, a specific enteric pathology including acute gastroenteritis with fever, abdominal pains and diarrhea, mesenteric adenitis pseudochirurgical appendicular symptoms, bacteremia and postinfectious immunologic complications arthritis and erythema nodosum. Yersinia enterocolitica is a gram negative coccobacillusshaped, facultative anaerobe that is motile at temperatures ranging from 22 to 30c.
Intestinal tracts of infected animals, poultry, and humans. Yersinia enterocolitica microbiologia e higiene dos alimentos. Two of the strains were able to grow in tsb at ph 4. Jul 16, 2011 yersinia are short, pleomorphic gram negative rods that can exhibit bipolar staining are catalase positive, oxidase negative and microaerophilic or facultative.
Gastroenteritis is the main way of presentation with reported manifestations of watery or bloody diarrhea, vomiting, tenesmus. Gastroenteritis is the main way of presentation with reported manifestations of watery or bloody diarrhea, vomiting, tenesmus, abdominal pain, and fever. Yersinia enterocolitica and yersinia pestis springerlink. Y enterocolitica causes a condition called enterocolitis, which is an inflammation of the small intestine and colon that occurs, and often recurs, mostly in young children these infections appear to be acquired by eating. Yersiniosis is a disease caused by the bacterium yersinia enterocolitica. Yersinia enterocolitica emerge como patogeno en 1930s. They consist of 11 species, three of which are pathogenic to humans. Yersinia enterocolitica definition at, a free online dictionary with pronunciation, synonyms and translation. The complete genome sequence and comparative genome analysis of the high pathogenicity yersinia enterocolitica strain 8081. Linking to a nonfederal website does not constitute an endorsement by cdc or any of its employees of the sponsors or the information and products presented on the website. Dessa forma, criouse o genero yersinia em homenagem ao bacteriologista frances alexander j. Yersinia definition of yersinia by medical dictionary.
Created using powtoon free sign up at youtube create animated videos and animated presentations for free. It has been isolated from the intestinal tracts and feces of many animals, including rodents rabbits, domestic animals e. To view a list of products filtered by media type, move your cursor over the media type heading in the first column and select from the drop down menu. Yersinia enterocolitica microbiologia e higiene dos. Yersinia enterocolitica wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. All three species target the lymph tissues during infection and carry. Mar 22, 2017 created using powtoon free sign up at youtube create animated videos and animated presentations for free. It has been found in the intestinal tracts of pigs, dogs and cats without any clinical manifestations. See notifiable communicable disease case definitions word 1.
Systemic infection by yersinia enterocolitica in chinchillas chinchilla laniger article pdf available in pesquisa veterinaria brasileira 325. This emedtv resource explains this bacterium in detail, with information on symptoms, treatment, incubation period, transmission, and more. Both pathogenic and nonpathogenic strains are frequently isolated from various animals birds, mammals, and reptiles as well as from the environment water and soil. Yersinia enterocolitica synonym or cross reference. Pigs are described as the main reservoirs of the responsible microorganism, and the consumption of raw, undercooked pork is the primary mode of infection. Pcrbased assays were developed for the detection of plasmid and chromosomeborne virulence genes in yersinia enterocolitica and yersinia pseudotuberculosis, to investigate the distribution of these genes in isolates from various sources. Use of a plasmid of a yersinia enterocolitica biogroup 1a strain for the construction of cloning vectors. The yersinioses are zoonotic infections of domestic and wild animals. This bacterium is not part of the human microbiota, but has been isolated from clinical specimens along with many other animals including pigs, cattle, birds, and domestic animals. Yersinia enterocolitica an overview sciencedirect topics. Yersinia enterocolitica has been found in humans, warm blooded animals particularly in farm animals and pets, birds and rarely in reptiles, fish and shellfish. View yersinia enterocolitica research papers on academia. Although many species of yersinia are found worldwide, most human illnesses are caused by yersinia enterocolitica.
Yersinia pestis and the enteropathogenic yersiniae. The centers for disease control and prevention cdc cannot attest to the accuracy of a nonfederal website. Intestinal tracts of infected animals, poultry, and humans contaminated water. Courcol,a,b michel simonet,a,b olivier gaillota lille university medical centera and inserm u1019,b lille, france journal of clinical microbiology p. Yersiniosis usually occurs as an isolated event however occasional outbreaks are reported due to a common exposure. Yopb of yersinia enterocolitica is essential for yope translocation article pdf available in infection and immunity 695. The genus yersinia includes 18 species, 3 of which are important human pathogens. Yersinia pestis the causative agent of human plague, yersinia enterocolitica the causative agent of yersiniosis, and yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Yersinia enterocolitica by ernesto rodriguez on prezi.
Yersinia enterocolitica belongs to a family of rodshaped bacteria termed enterobacteriaceae. Yersinia are short, pleomorphic gram negative rods that can exhibit bipolar staining are catalase positive, oxidase negative and microaerophilic or facultative. Among the yersinia genus, yersinia enterocolitica is one of the most common food borne pathogen. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, yersinia enterocolitica. Its ability to grow at refrigeration temperature makes it an increasing concern in terms of food safety. Y enterocolitica causes a condition called enterocolitis, which is an inflammation of the small intestine and colon that occurs, and often recurs, mostly in young children. Sep 27, 2018 yersinia enterocolitica see the image below is a bacterial species in the family enterobacteriaceae that most often causes enterocolitis, acute diarrhea, terminal ileitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, and pseudoappendicitis but, if it spreads systemically, can also result in fatal sepsis. Yersinia pestis, yersinia enterocolitica, and yersinia pseudotuberculosis.
Yersiniosis diseases and conditions publications public. Yersinia enterocolitica pennsylvania department of health. The ability of three strains of yersinia enterocolitica to survive and grow in tryptic soy broth tsb at ph 3. Yersinia enterocolitica is associated with foodborne infections resulting in gastroenteritis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, septicemia, and emerged as a human pathogen during 1930s. Prevalence of yersinia enterocolitica bioserotype 3o. Yersin, por ter isolado o agente da peste negra em 1894, durante a terceira grande pandemia. Yersinia enterocolitica causes yersiniosis, and is in the same family as the bacteria that cause plague. The results of pcr genotyping, based on 5 virulenceassociated genes of 140 strains of y. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, a gramnegative zoonotic bacterial pathogen, causes acute gastroenteritis and mesenteric lymphadenitis, which are often accompanied by fever and abdominal pain.
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