TWO FURTHER CASES, BACTERIOLOGICALLY VERIFIED,OF HUMAN INFECTION WITH 'PASTEURELLA X'(SYN. YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA)

摘要

A case of human infection with a bacterium rarely seen in human beings and identified as "Pasteurella X" (PX), was recently diagnosed at this department (Carlsson et al. 1964). The patient had symptoms suggestive of acute appendicitis. Operation revealed acute terminal ileitis and mesenteric lymph-adenitis, but no involvment of the appendix. Antibodies against the patient's own bacterial strain were demonstrated