[Bacteremia and pneumonia due to Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3 in an immunocompetent patient]

X Nicolas; R Le Berre; S Ansart; D Tandé; C Lerch; M Garre; Y L Pennec

doi:10.1016/j.medmal.2005.04.006

[Bacteremia and pneumonia due to Yersinia enterocolitica serotype O:3 in an immunocompetent patient]

Med Mal Infect. 2005 Jun;35(6):370-3. doi: 10.1016/j.medmal.2005.04.006.

[Article in French]

Authors

X Nicolas¹, R Le Berre, S Ansart, D Tandé, C Lerch, M Garre, Y L Pennec

Affiliation

¹ Service de médecine interne et maladies infectieuses, CHU Cavale-Blanche, hôpital Clermont-tonnerre, 29609 Brest cedex, France. xfnicolas@hotmail.com

PMID: 15982846
DOI: 10.1016/j.medmal.2005.04.006

Abstract

The authors report a rare case of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3 pneumonia in an immunocompetent 70-year old man. There was no evidence of acute gastrointestinal disease. Diagnosis was confirmed by blood cultures. He responded with resolution of the infection after 21 days of therapy with a third-generation cephalosporin then by cotrimoxazole. Only 15 cases have been reported so far. Most of the patients were immunocompromised. This is the first case in France.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Bacteremia / drug therapy
Bacteremia / microbiology*
Cephalosporins / therapeutic use
Drug Therapy, Combination
France / epidemiology
Humans
Immunocompetence
Male
Pneumonia, Bacterial / drug therapy
Pneumonia, Bacterial / microbiology*
Serotyping
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination / therapeutic use
Yersinia Infections / drug therapy
Yersinia Infections / epidemiology
Yersinia Infections / microbiology*
Yersinia enterocolitica / classification
Yersinia enterocolitica / isolation & purification*

Substances

Cephalosporins
Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination