Publications

yersinia enterocolitica isolated from two cohorts of young children in santiago, chile: incidence of and lack of correlation between illness and proposed virulence factors.	yersinia enterocolitica was isolated from children in two cohorts in santiago, chile. in a cohort containing a cross section of children aged 0 to 4 years, y. enterocolitica was isolated from stool samples of 1.1% of children with diarrhea and 0.2% of age-matched control children. in a subgroup of this cohort from which weekly stool samples were obtained from all children irrespective of clinical status, 6% of children had asymptomatic yersinia infections. in a birth cohort (with a greater repre ...	1991	1757549
[isolation and characterization of yersinia enterocolitica from pigs and bovines in chile].	the occurrence of yersinia enterocolitica in tonsils and rectal swabs from 100 healthy pigs and the rectal swabs of 100 healthy cattle slaughtered at santiago-chile were analysed. yersinia enterocolitica was isolated from 48 (48%) pigs but not from cattle. 98.2% of strains were of 4/o3 bioserogroup, considered to be pathogenic for humans. all of the strains were resistant to penicillin producing beta-lactamase. most of them were resistant to neomicin and tetracycline. the pyv marker was used to ...	1997	9312970