Chinese Journal of Zoonoses 2014;(7):769-771

doi:10.3969/cjz.j.issn.1002-2694.2014.07.022

Case study of Yersinia enterocolitica infection

Yi LIU ; Jianyuan FENG ; Yanchun LI ; Lili LIU ; Teng QI ; Ziren ZHOU

Keywords

Yersinia enterocolitica; zoonosis; PFGE

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Yersinia enterocolitica infection in humans and animals was investigated in this study to explore the source of infection .We collected samples from patients and pigs ,and then the strains were conducted to undergo serotyping ,virulence gene detection and PFGE molecular typing .Of the 150 patients samples ,3 were tested positive for Yersinia enterocolitica ,and one of them was O∶3 .Of the 222 pigs samples ,14 were tested positive for Yersinia enterocolitica ,and all of them were O∶3 .PFGE molecular typing showed that the Yersinia enterocolitica from patient and pig had high homology .Our study con-firmed that Yersinia enterocolitica from pigs could infect people and find that it could exist in the cured patient for at least two months .