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Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
Epidemiology:
1) occurs on iceberg lettuce contaminated with deer feces
2) less common than Yersinia enterocolitica
Pathology:
- etiologic agent of mesenteric adenitis
- rhoA serves as a target for the yopT cysteine peptidase from Yersinia pestis & Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
- rhoA is cleaved by yopT protease when the cell is infected by Yersinia; this removes the lipid attachment, & leads to its displacement from plasma membrane & to subsequent cytoskeleton cleavage
Laboratory:
- Yersinia pseudotuberculosis serology
- Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Ab in CSF
- Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Ab in serum [2]
General
Yersinia
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- Journal Watch 24(8):64, 2004
- Nuorti JP et al
A widespread outbreak of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis O:3
infection from iceberg lettuce.
J Infect Dis 189:766, 2004
PMID: 14976592
- Tauxe RV
Salad and pseudoappendicitis: Yersinia pseudotuberculosis
as a foodborne pathogen.
J Infect Dis 189:761, 2004
PMID: 14976590
- Loinc