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''[[Y. pestis]]'' is the causative agent of [[Plague (disease)|plague]]. The disease caused by ''[[Yersinia enterocolitica|Y. enterocolitica]]'' is called [[yersiniosis]]. |
''[[Y. pestis]]'' is the causative agent of [[Plague (disease)|plague]]. The disease caused by ''[[Yersinia enterocolitica|Y. enterocolitica]]'' is called [[yersiniosis]]. |
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''[[Yersinia pseudotuberculosis|Y. pseudotuberculosis]]'' rarely causes disease.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}} |
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''Yersinia'' may be associated with [[Crohn's disease]], an inflammatory autoimmune condition of the gut. Iranian sufferers of Crohn's disease were more likely to have had earlier exposure to refrigerators at home,<ref name="ibs-fridge">{{Cite pmid|19177167}}</ref> consistent with ''Yersinia's'' unusual ability to thrive at low temperatures. |
''Yersinia'' may be associated with [[Crohn's disease]], an inflammatory autoimmune condition of the gut. Iranian sufferers of Crohn's disease were more likely to have had earlier exposure to refrigerators at home,<ref name="ibs-fridge">{{Cite pmid|19177167}}</ref> consistent with ''Yersinia's'' unusual ability to thrive at low temperatures. |
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Yersinia is a genus of bacteria in the family Enterobacteriaceae. Yersinia are Gram-negative rod shaped bacteria, a few micrometers long and fractions of a micrometer in diameter, and are facultative anaerobes.[1] Some members of Yersinia are pathogenic in humans; in particular, Y. pestis is the causative agent of the plague. Rodents are the natural reservoirs of Yersinia; less frequently, other mammals serve as the host. Infection may occur either through blood (in the case of Y. pestis) or in an alimentary fashion, occasionally via consumption of food products (especially vegetables, milk-derived products, and meat) contaminated with infected urine or feces.
Speculations exist as to whether or not certain Yersinia can also be spread via protozoonotic mechanisms, since Yersinia species are known to be facultative intracellular parasites; studies and discussions of the possibility of amoeba-vectored (through the cyst form of the protozoan) Yersinia propagation and proliferation are now in progress.[2]
Microbial physiology
An interesting feature peculiar to some of the Yersinia bacteria is the ability to not only survive, but actively proliferate at temperatures as low as 1-4°C (e.g., on cut salads and other food products in a refrigerator). Yersinia bacteria are relatively quickly inactivated by oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide and potassium permanganate solutions.
Pathogenesis
Y. pestis is the causative agent of plague. The disease caused by Y. enterocolitica is called yersiniosis.
Yersinia may be associated with Crohn's disease, an inflammatory autoimmune condition of the gut. Iranian sufferers of Crohn's disease were more likely to have had earlier exposure to refrigerators at home,[3] consistent with Yersinia's unusual ability to thrive at low temperatures.
Yersinia is implicated as one of the causes of reactive arthritis worldwide.[4]
Also, the genus is associated with pseudoappendicitis, which is an incorrect diagnoses of appendicitis due to a similar presentation.[5]
History
Yersinia pestis, the first described species, was identified in 1894 by A.E.J. Yersin, a Swiss bacteriologist, and Kitasato Shibasaburō, a Japanese bacteriologist.[6] It was formerly described as Pasteurella pestis (known trivially as the plague-bacillus) by Lehmann and Neumann in 1896.[6][7] In 1944, van Loghem reclassified the species P. pestis and P. rondentium into a new genus Yersinia.[6][7] Following the introduction of the Bacteriological code, it was accepted as valid in 1980.[7]
Treatment
The most effective treatment is a combination of streptomycin and tetracycline, especially when treatment with one of these antibiotics alone has failed.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Ryan KJ; Ray CG (editors) (2004). Sherris Medical Microbiology (4th ed.). McGraw Hill. pp. 368–70. ISBN 0-8385-8529-9.
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|doi=10.1007/BF02272779instead. - ^ a b c Yersinia in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
External links
- Yersinia Enterocolitis Mimicking Crohn's Disease in a Toddler
- Sweden: Pork warnings over new stomach illness
- Yersinia genomes and related information at PATRIC, a Bioinformatics Resource Center funded by NIAID