diarrhoea, fever, stomach cramps, vomiting or blood in stools). Children are infected more often than adults, and the infection is more common in the winter. Yersiniosis is an infection caused most often by eating raw or undercooked pork contaminated with Yersinia enterocolitica bacteria. Symptoms fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, which is often bloody. CDC estimates Y. enterocolitica causes almost 117,000 illnesses, 640 hospitalizations, and 35 deaths in the United States every year. Infection occurs most often in young children.
One of the 61 cases (2%) with pathogenic YE and 7 of 187 cases (4%) with BT 1A reported having had none of these symptoms. Almost all cases (240/248) had at least one of the five symptoms asked (i.e. The symptoms of Yersinia enterocolitica infection (yersiniosis) depend on the age of the person infected. The symptoms are typically present for 7-14 days, but complications of Yersinia enterocolitica infection may be glomerulonephritis, myocarditis, reactive arthritis, and erythema nodosum [3] [6], whereas sepsis and extraintestinal dissemination of the infection are seen in rare cases [2] [3]. Symptoms typically develop 4 to 7 days after exposure and may last 1 to 3 weeks or longer. Common symptoms in children are fever, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, which is often bloody.