Four Sporadic Pediatric Cases of Yersinia enterocolitica O:8 Infection in a Rural Area of Japan

作者：Minami Kisei^*; Yasuda Ryu; Terakawa Runa; Koike Yumi; Takeuchi Koichi; Higuchi Tsukasa; Horiuchi Ayaka; Kubota Noriko; Hidaka Eiko; Kawakami Yoshiyuki

来源：Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017, 70(2): 192-194.

DOI：10.7883/yoken.JJID.2016.039

In the spring of 2015, we experienced a cluster of 4 sporadic cases of yersiniosis in children in Nagano prefecture, a rural area of Japan. Two patients developed appendicitis-like episodes; one had acute gastroenteritis, and the other had bacteremia associated with liver abscess. The causative agent of these infections was Yersinia enterocolitica serogroup O:8. None of the patients had an underlying illness, and all have recovered completely. The patients were neither socially nor geographically related to each other. These 4 consecutive cases suggest that Y. enterocolitica O:8 has spread substantially in the middle part of Japan, and that this virulent strain might be more common than previously reported in our country.

• 出版日期2017-3