A Case of Yersinia Infection from the Middle East: Case Report and Literature Review

Ahmed Baraka; Talib Juma; Suad Al-Alousi; HA Sheikh; Sami Asfar

doi:10.1155/1991/607282

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 1991)

A Case of Yersinia Infection from the Middle East: Case Report and Literature Review

Ahmed Baraka,
Talib Juma,
Suad Al-Alousi,
HA Sheikh,
Sami Asfar

Affiliations

Ahmed Baraka: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Amiri Teaching Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Talib Juma: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Amiri Teaching Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Suad Al-Alousi: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Amiri Teaching Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait
HA Sheikh: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Amiri Teaching Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait
Sami Asfar: Department of Surgery and Pathology, Amiri Teaching Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/1991/607282
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 2
pp. 63 – 65

Abstract

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The authors report the first case of yersinia infection of the cecum, appendix and mesenteric lymph nodes from the Middle East, together with a literature review on yersiniosis. The case is unique in that the cecum was affected while the terminal ileum was free from disease.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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