Probable Transmission of Yersinia Enterocolitica from a Pet Dog with Diarrhoea to a 1-year-old Infant

Overview

Journal BMJ Case Rep

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2013 Aug 20

PMID 23955982

Citations 1

Authors

D J Hetem

M Pekelharing

S F T Thijsen

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Abstract

We report a highly probable case of transmission of a Yersinia enterocolitica from a pet puppy dog, adopted from a Spanish asylum, to a 1-year-old girl. After several weeks of diarrhoea, a PCR detecting enteropathogenic bacteria was performed on the faeces, revealing Y enterocolitica. Following cultures yielded a Y enterocolitica biotype 4, serotype O:3 in the faeces of the girl as well as puppy dog. Despite antibiotic treatment, symptoms and shedding of the organism in the faeces endured during a 2 month period.

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