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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis bloodstream infection and septic arthritis: case report and review of the literature

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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis belongs to the family Enterobacteriaceae and is known to cause enterocolitis, terminal ileitis, pseudoappendicitis, erythema nodosum, reactive polyarthritis, and, occasionally, bloodstream infections. Here, we report the first case of bacteremia and septic arthritis in a patient without obvious risk factors and review all of the published cases of Y. pseudotuberculosis bloodstream infections.

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We thank P. Wiegel for the expert technical assistance and J. Juranek for the translations. The MLST schemes and data are publicly available at http://mlst.ucc.ie, which is supported by a grant from the Science Foundation of Ireland (05/FE1/B882).

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    A. J. Kaasch, G. Plum & H. Seifert

  2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Cologne, 50924, Cologne, Germany

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Kaasch, A.J., Dinter, J., Goeser, T. et al. Yersinia pseudotuberculosis bloodstream infection and septic arthritis: case report and review of the literature. Infection 40, 185–190 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-011-0160-2

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