Surveillance of Human Yersinia enterocolitica Infections in Belgium: 1967-1996
Between 1967 and 1996, >18,700 strains of Yersinia species, excluding Yersinia pestis, were recovered in Belgium from a variety of gastrointestinal and extraintestinal sites in patients. Full identification and serotyping were performed by the two Belgian reference laboratories. Yersinia enterocolitica serogroup O:3 predominated (79.4% of strains), followed by serogroup O:9 (11.1%). The remaining 9.5% of isolates belonged to serogroups and related species generally considered nonpathogenic. Acute enterocolitis was the most common clinical form of Y. enterocolitica infection, affecting prima... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1998 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | Clinical Articles |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27392819 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/27/1/59 |