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Yersinia Pathogenicity Factors

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Bacterial Pathogenesis of Plants and Animals

Part of the book series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology ((CT MICROBIOLOGY,volume 192))

Abstract

Among the many species of the Yersinia genus, only Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis and Y. enterocolitica are adapted to multiply at the expense of a host that is still alive. Y. pestis, the agent of plague, and Y. pseudotuberculosis are essentially rodent pathogens. Y. enterocolitica is a common human pathogen which causes gastrointestinal syndromes of varying severities, ranging from mild self-limited diarrhea to mesenteric adenitis evoking an appendicitis. Systemic involvement is unusual with Y. enterocolitica but reactive arthritis and erythema nodosum are common complications (COVER and ABER 1989) . In Europe, pork is a current source of Y. enterocolitica contamination (TAUXE et al. 1987).

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Cornelis, G.R. (1994). Yersinia Pathogenicity Factors. In: Dangl, J.L. (eds) Bacterial Pathogenesis of Plants and Animals. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 192. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78624-2_11

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