Infectious complications due to transfusion acquired <i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i>

Janot, C.; Briquel, Marie‐Élisabeth; Streiff, F; Burdin, J. C.

doi:10.1046/j.1537-2995.1989.29489242811.x

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“…She subsequently became afebrile and her blood became sterile before antimicrobial treatment was started. Transient occult Y. enterocolitica bacteremia in blood donors at the time of donation had been previously suggested as a cause of transfusion-associated Y. enterocolitica bacteremia 26 and sepsis. 27 CSF pleocytosis with negative culture was previously reported in two case reports of children with Y. enterocolitica enteritis.…”

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Yersinia enterocolitica infection in children

Abdel‐Haq

Asmar

Abuhammour

et al. 2000

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

123

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Y. enterocolitica is an important cause of enteritis in our young patient population during the winter holidays. Exposure of infants to chitterlings appears to be a risk factor. Infants younger than 3 months are at increased risk for bacteremia. Cefotaxime is effective in the treatment of Y. enterocolitica bacteremia; however, the role of oral antibiotics in the management of enteritis needs further evaluation.

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Yersinia enterocolitica infection in children

Abdel‐Haq

Asmar

Abuhammour

et al. 2000

The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

123

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“…Y. enterocolitica is also associated with a variety of postinfection complications that include erythema nodosum and reactive arthritis. Transmission of Y. enterocolitica is generally believed to be by consumption of contaminated food or water (6,13), but several cases of septic shock due to transfusion of blood contaminated with Y. enterocolitica have recently been reported (8, 24,52).…”

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Amino acid substitutions in naturally occurring variants of ail result in altered invasion activity

Beer

Miller

1992

J Bacteriol

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Yersinia enterocolitica is the causative agent of a variety of gastrointestinal syndromes ranging from acute enteritis to mesenteric lymphadenitis. In addition, systemic infections resulting in high mortality rates can occur in elderly and immunocompromised patients. More than 50 serotypes of Y. enterocolitica have been identified, but only a few of them commonly cause disease in otherwise healthy hosts. Those serotypes that cause disease have been divided into two groups, American and non-American, based on their geographical distributions, biotypes, and pathogenicity. We have been studying two genes, inv and ail, from Y. enterocolitica that confer in tissue culture assays an invasive phenotype that strongly correlates with virulence. Some differences between the American and non-American serotypes at the ail locus were noted previously and have been investigated further in this report. The ail locus was cloned from seven Y. enterocolitica strains (seven different serotypes). Although the different clones produced similar amounts of Ail, the product of the ail gene from non-American serotypes (AilNA) was less able to promote invasion by Escherichia coli than was the product of the ail gene from American serotypes (AilA). This difference is probably due to one or more of the eight amino acid changes found in the derived amino acid sequence for the mature form of AilNA compared with that of AilA. Seven of these changes are predicted to be in cell surface domains of the protein (a model for the proposed folding of Ail within the outer membrane is presented). These results are discussed in relation to the growing family of outer membrane proteins, which includes Lom from bacteriophage lambda, PagC from salmonella typhimurium, and OmpX from Enterobacter cloacae.

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“…Septisch-toxische Reaktionen nach Transfusion von Yersinia-kontaminiertem Blut werden in der englischsprachigen Literatur mehrfach erwähnt (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)9). Unsere Kasuistik belegt den ersten derartigen Fall im deutschen Sprachraum.…”

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Transfusions-induzierte Yersinia-Sepsis

Bach

Böhrer²

2008

Dtsch med Wochenschr

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After a primary operation for renal artery stenosis a 48-year-old woman had to be re-operated twice for renewed arterial stenosis and retroperitoneal bleeding. The patient's respiratory and cardiovascular functions were stable two days after the second operation and renal function was recovering. But because of suspected renewed bleeding a transfusion with erythrocyte concentrate was begun. Fifteen minutes later the patient started to shiver and this was followed by signs of cardiocirculatory decompensation under the picture of a septic-toxic shock. Laboratory tests did not indicate a haemolytic transfusion reaction. Controlled mechanical ventilation and circulatory drug support were required over the next two days, renewed anuria persisting for longer than a week. Microbiological tests of the erythrocyte concentrate demonstrated Yersinia enterocolitica, serotype 03. Questioning of the blood donor revealed a mild gastroenteritis at the time of donation. This case underlines the need of excluding donors, if only temporarily, when there is even slight suspicion of a Yersinia infection.

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Infectious complications due to transfusion acquired Yersinia enterocolitica

Cited by 13 publications

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Yersinia enterocolitica infection in children

Yersinia enterocolitica infection in children

Amino acid substitutions in naturally occurring variants of ail result in altered invasion activity

Transfusions-induzierte Yersinia-Sepsis

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