Clinical Reports
Vol. 32 No. 1 (2017)
https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6614

A rare case of enteric and systemic Yersinia enterocolitica infection in a chronic, not iron-overloaded dialysis patient

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Received: 3 February 2017
Published: 28 March 2017
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Yersiniosis, Dialysis, Sepsis, Iron, MALDI

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Jari Intra
kenshiro23@hotmail.com
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0978-9573 (unauthenticated)
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Desio Hospital, Italy.
Sara Auricchio
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Desio Hospital, Italy.
Roberta M. Sala
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Desio Hospital, Italy.
Paolo Brambilla
Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Milano Bicocca, Desio Hospital, Italy.
We present herein a case of bacterial gastroenteritis due to Yersinia enterocolitica, occurred in a young woman undergoing haemodialysis with a previous history positive for prolonged (20 years) immunosuppressive therapy for glomerulonephritis before and for kidney transplant later. The patient’s outcome was favourable after a third-generation cephalosporin treatment without complications. The possible pathophysiological association between patient clinical condition and Yersinia bacteraemia is discussed, along with the review of literature.

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A rare case of enteric and systemic Yersinia enterocolitica infection in a chronic, not iron-overloaded dialysis patient. (2017). Microbiologia Medica, 32(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/mm.2017.6614

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