PERSISTENT MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS DUE TO YERSINIA-ENTEROCOLITICA

Authors
DOMULA M RIESKE K HANDRICK W MUHLIG K HOOGKAMPKORSTANJE JAA BIERBACH U SPENCKER FB
Citation
M. Domula et al., PERSISTENT MESENTERIC LYMPHADENITIS DUE TO YERSINIA-ENTEROCOLITICA, Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde, 146(8), 1998, pp. 769-772
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
Monatsschrift fur Kinderheilkunde → ACNP
ISSN journal
00269298
Volume
146
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
769 - 772
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-9298(1998)146:8<769:PMLDTY>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Enteritis and pseudoappendicitis are typical manifestations of Yersini a infections in children. This is a report on a child with localised t umourous mesenteric lymphadenitis due to Yersinia enterocolitica persi stent for a long time. We found specific antibodies against Yersinia o uter membrane proteins repeatedly in the patients' serum. Only after a ciprofloxacin therapy for 16 weeks we observed a recovery of our pati ent. Discussion: Yersinia enterocolitica can be the cause of mesenteri c lymphadenitis.