Fulminant Septicemia Caused by Yersinia Enterocolitica
- 31 August 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Vol. 9 (3) , 249-251
- https://doi.org/10.3109/inf.1977.9.issue-3.20
Abstract
A lethal case of septicemia caused by Yersinia enterocolitica serotype 3 is described. A 59-year-old male, previously healthy, presented with 6 weeks of fever, abdominal pains and gradual prostration ending in overwhelming septicemia and death before a conclusive diagnosis was established. Necropsy showed cirrhosis, haemochromatosis and numerous abscesses in the liver.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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