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Weekend Digest
Name the Pathogen
5 Clues:
- #Chitlins
- #Iron sepsis
- Mesenteric #adenitis
- Reactive #arthritis
- Terminal #ileitis
Name the Pathogen
5 Clues:
- #Chitlins
- #Iron sepsis
- Mesenteric #adenitis
- Reactive #arthritis
- Terminal #ileitis
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#Yersinia enterocolitica
It is #zoonotic and is acquired by exposure to contaminated food.
When #IDBR says #chitlins (#chitterlings), you say Y. enterocolitica
Chitlins are food made of pork intestines (where Y enterocolitica resides)
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
#Yersinia enterocolitica
It is #zoonotic and is acquired by exposure to contaminated food.
When #IDBR says #chitlins (#chitterlings), you say Y. enterocolitica
Chitlins are food made of pork intestines (where Y enterocolitica resides)
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
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#Yersinia enterocolitica
Enterobacteriaceae #GNB that causes #enterocolitis, diarrhea (often bloody), terminal #ileitis, mesenteric #adenitis, and RLQ pain that may be mistaken as #appendicitis (#pseudoappendicitis)
#Yersinia enterocolitica
Enterobacteriaceae #GNB that causes #enterocolitis, diarrhea (often bloody), terminal #ileitis, mesenteric #adenitis, and RLQ pain that may be mistaken as #appendicitis (#pseudoappendicitis)
