Bacterium
yersinia enterocolitica
Subclass of:
Yersinia
Definitions related to yersinia enterocolitica:
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A species of facultatively anaerobic, Gram negative, rod shaped bacteria in the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, positive for urease, and ornithine decarboxylase, and negative for oxidase, and citrate. It is able to ferment cellobiose, sucrose, and sorbose but not raffinose, melibiose, or rhamnose. Y. enterocolitica is commensal and a pathogen that causes Yersiniosis, which infects children that have ingested contaminated meat or milk.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A species of the genus YERSINIA, isolated from both man and animal. It is a frequent cause of bacterial gastroenteritis in children.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Yersinia enterocolitica.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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Yersinia enterocolitica (see the image below) is a bacterial species in the family Enterobacteriaceae that most often causes enterocolitis, acute diarrhea, terminal ileitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis, and pseudoappendicitis but, if it spreads systemically, can also result in fatal sepsis. Signs and symptoms Symptoms of Y enterocoli...WebMD, 2019
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