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Keywords: Abstract
- Salmonella Salmonella and Yersinia infections
- Yersinia Introduction. The Salmonella and Yersinia strains that belong to the Enterobacteriaceae and Yersiniaceae
- Typhoid fever families respectively, are major zoonotic agents. These strains include species that are causative agents
of gastrointestinal and systemic infections.
- Enteric fever
- Salmonellosis Salmonella infections. Salmonella includes two species, Salmonella enterica and Salmonella bongori, of
which, S. enterica most often causes infection in human beings. The disease form is associated with two
- Plague different serotypes, those that are termed typhoid serotypes cause enteric or typhoid fever, and the non-
- Yersiniosis typhoid serotypes cause gastrointestinal infections and can cause disseminated disease, and
occasionally localised disease. Asymptomatic carriers are not rare, especially in the gallbladder.
Yersinia infections. There are 3 species of the Yersinia strain, Yersinia pestis, Yersinia enterocolitica and
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis. Y. pestis, the aetiological agent of plague has caused three major
pandemics that decimated the world’s population, and is a category A bioterrorism agent. Y.
enterocolitica causes enterocolitis, with a higher incidence in countries with cold climates. The main
complication of enteric disease is reactive polyarthritis which presents in 15% of patients, especially
carriers of the antigen HLA-B27. Both Y. enterocolitica and Y. pseudotuberculosis are associated with
mesenteric adenitis and terminal ileitis, which can be confused with acute appendicitis. Both species are
associated with septicaemia in patients with immunosuppressive diseases, the elderly and
haemosiderosis sufferers.
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