Case report: an unusual presentation of Yersinia enterocolitica infection

Authors :: C.A.J.J Jaspers
K Begashaw
Source :: The Netherlands Journal of Medicine. 59:98-101
Publication Year :: 2001
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 2001.
Abstract: We report on a 30-year-old Dutch marine who was stationed in Eritrea and who was repatriated because of acute paralytic small-bowel ileus. The disease course was short and without signs of infection. After diagnostic work-up, we diagnosed Yersinia enterocolitica infection. To our knowledge this is the first reported case of Yersinia enterocolitica infection causing paralytic ileus in an adult.