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. 1986 May;23(5):891–896. doi: 10.1128/jcm.23.5.891-896.1986

Characteristics of Yersinia intermedia-like bacteria isolated from patients with diarrhea in Nigeria.

D E Agbonlahor
PMCID: PMC268744  PMID: 3711276

Abstract

Five Yersinia strains, biochemically mimicking Yersinia intermedia, were isolated from patients with acute diarrheal diseases seen at the University of Lagos (Nigeria) Teaching Hospital between October 1979 and September 1982. The five isolates utilized citrate as their source of carbon and fermented sucrose, L-rhamnose, and alpha-methyl-D-glucoside, but unlike any other Y. intermedia biogroup, they failed to ferment D-melibiose or D-raffinose. They all belonged to serogroup O:52,53. Four autoagglutinated and were calcium dependent for growth at 37 degrees C. Three caused conjunctivitis in the guinea pig eye model, but none possessed the 42-megadalton virulence plasmid. Four of the isolates caused diarrhea in orally infected mice and rabbits but were nonlethal for these animals. These results suggest that these isolates represent yet another Yersinia species with disease-producing capabilities in humans.

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