Probable transmission of Yersinia enterocolitica from a pet dog with diarrhoea to a 1-year-old infant

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hetem, D J ^a,b   Pekelharing, M ^a   Thijsen, S F T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOG; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INFANT; NONHUMAN; PET ANIMAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DOG DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; YERSINIA INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DIARRHEA; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PETS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 84884514252     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-200046     Document Type: Article

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