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A total of 157 infants and preshool children with acute diarrhea were investigated for Yersinia enterocolitica over a six months period. Only one infant with acute diarrhea (0.6%) was found to have Yersinia enterocolitica in the stool as compared to none from the 65 asymptomatic controls. Clinical features of the child with yersinia diarrhea have been described.
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Singh, G., Arora, N.K., Bhan, M.K. et al. Role of Yersinia enterocolitica in childhood diarrhea. Indian J Pediatr 50, 39–42 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02753438
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