Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Septicemia and HIV
- Maria Grazia Paglia
- Silvia D'Arezzo
- Anna Festa
- Cosmo Del Borgo
- Laura Loiacono
- Andrea Antinori
- Giorgio Antonucci
- Paolo Visca
Publication date
July 2005
DOI Publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Journal
Emerging Infectious DiseasesAbstract
Two cases of community-acquired septicemia caused by serotype-O1 Yersinia pseudotuberculosis were diagnosed in middle-aged, HIV-positive, immunodeficient patients during an 8-month period. Bacterial isolates were genetically indistinguishable, but no epidemiologic link between the 2 patients was established. HIV-related immunosuppression should be regarded as a risk factor for Y. pseudotuberculosis septicemia
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