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Signs, symptoms, and outcome in outbreaks of yersiniosis

Signs, symptoms, and outcome in outbreaks of yersiniosis
  New York state* Southern US• Washington stateΔ Georgia◊
Time period 1976 1982 1981-82 1988-89
Median age, years 13 6 3 <1
Number of patients 38 172 50 15
Serotype O:8 O13a, 13b O:8 O:3
Percent with:
Diarrhea 47 83 86 100
Bloody diarrhea - 20 30 60
Abdominal pain 97 86 96 -
Fever 100 93 91 100
Vomiting - 41 42 27
Sore throat - 22 2 -
Outcome, percent
Hospitalization 95 - 30 47
Surgery 42 10 6 0
Death 0 0 0 0
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Dash indicates data were not collected.
* Black, RE, Jackson, RJ, Tsai, T, et al, N Engl J Med 1978; 298:76.
• Tacket, CO, Narain, JP, Sattin, R, et al, JAMA 1984; 251:483.
Δ Tacket, CO, Ballard, J, Harris, N, et al, Am J Epidemiol 1985; 121:705.
◊ Lee, LA, Gerber, R, Lonsway, DR, et al, N Engl J Med 1990; 322:984.
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